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[–] 96 points 1 year ago (14 children)

The people that hire a ton of immigrants unerringly vote for the guy who promises to remove immigrants. What did you think was going to happen?

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They were told that it would just be the criminals and gang members, and they were stupid enough to believe it.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Some? Maybe

    Mostly it is just that their hate and selfishness overrides everything. It is the same reason that pro gun republicans still won overwhelmingly after the massacre in Uvalde and farmers keep voting for republicans no matter how much they get screwed over. Because as long as they can believe someone else is suffering more, they are happy.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It looks like their farms will be bought at a discount by the oligarchs.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    What a kwinkidink considering this:

    JD Vance gets rich by owning an app (acretrader) that helps investors outside of the United States snap up real estate deals (including many family farms and rental properties) that are then owned by people who have never and will never see those places and who ONLY own those places to obtain money and power in our country.

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  • My favorite bit of the story:

    “People don’t understand that if we don’t get more labor, our cows don’t get milked and our crops don’t get picked,” said Tim Wood, a dairy farmer and a member of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau board of directors.

    Oh, I do understand. I think it's your farmers that don't understand, when it's time to vote.

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago

    Tell me how you voted, and ill tell you how I feel about your plight.

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  • [+] 49 points 1 year ago* (5 children)
  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hey now, logic has no place here. You're also forgetting the foundational principle of our criminal justice system. It's not illegal if you have money and your motivation was greed.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Also, you can't punish individuals when a whole company does crimes, because you can't hold companies accountable.

    Unless the company harms the wealthy, then some scapegoats might suffer some consequences.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

    With an attitude like that it's no wonder you're having trouble finding people to work for you...

    “We moved to H-2A out of necessity,” added Sarah Zost, an orchard grower in Gardners, Pennsylvania. “No one wants to use the program. It’s a paperwork nightmare.”

    If only one party had been proposing to fix immigration; only to have their efforts hamstrung by insistence we first "strengthen the border". See reference here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-collapse-of-bipartisan-immigration-reform-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/

    The best chance to enact comprehensive reform came in 2013 during President Barack Obama’s second term, when a bipartisan group of senators dubbed the “Gang of Eight” agreed on a bill that would toughen security at the southern border and make it harder for employers to hire migrants who had entered the U.S. illegally while providing legal status and a path to citizenship for millions of such migrants who had resided in the U.S. for many years. The proposal passed the Senate 68 to 32 with strong bipartisan support. But because it did not enjoy the support of a majority of House Republicans, then-Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to floor for a vote, and the measure died.

    Article doesn't mention pay either...

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    But because it did not enjoy the support of a majority of House Republicans, then-Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to floor for a vote

    Ahh yes, the informal rule named for child rapist Dennis Hastert (R) that has only ever been used by republicans.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well, goooooollllly. And gee-whillickers.

    Now just who the fuck could have done this to us? How could Kamala and her cackle do this to such fine, upright REEL MERIKANS?

    “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.” [emphasis mine]

    Well, lookee here. Gosh, I wonder if there is any correlation to voting and outcomes?

    Also, is this guy stepping up to do the job, or is he "too spoiled"?

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago


    Image description: An image of an RSVP style card saying “A FORMAL REMINDER: You Voted For This. YOU ARE GETTING WHAT YOU DESERVE. NOVEMBER, TUESDAY 5, 2024 YOU MADE YOUR CHOICE.”

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago
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    I'll do it for 150$ an hour plus benefits.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Oh shit, its like they voted for this, or something!!

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”

    Huh. Can’t see any problems here. Have the day you keep voting for, buddy!

    I feel so bad that some poor “salt of the earth” can’t keep the farms their daddies left them… 🙄

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not sure what to tell you dipshits if you didn’t know this would happen after last time. It’s a literal repeat for farmers.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    that “free market capitalism” they think they have/had was worth it huh? pay workers more so you can find them locally, or if you cannot, close your farm. or fight to remove all borders (objectively a good thing) so you don’t have to worry about the made up an ever moving goalposts that is “immigration law.” or fight to remove capitalism and off a few burbs with one stone.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Well, yes. Happens when you take the road to stupid.

    Have you tried this "bootstraps" thing?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    If those fat farmers would stop lazing around eating avocado toast and surfing the web on their iphones while wearing overpriced red maga caps, maybe they'd be getting some work done, right? Time for them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and quit complaining.

    seriously though, I'm tired of this whole "noble down to earth conservative farmers" shtick. I grew up rurally, more than half of them are right wing douchebags who asked for exactly this outcome. Hey you got rid of the farm laborers. Good for you and congrats on your big win.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    awwww shiet I wonder why

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago
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    “I’m a stupid Nazi and I ruined my own country” said whoever they always quote in these articles.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Duh. Just find the Americans willing to work for the same wages. Easy.

    Thanks trump!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    America can't have nice things

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    This man’s pants are holding on for dear life in the thumbnail. Just floating in the wind.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Good.

    I hope they lose their jobs and have to struggle to find another living while a corporation buys their land.

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