Do costs associated with illegals outweigh benefits of having illegals (costs of food, wine, hotel industries)?
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agchat:
Q4 (via @MichaelHLau) Do costs associated w/illegals outweigh benefits of having illegals (costs of food, wine, hotel industries)? #agchat
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farmanddairy:
RT @agchat: Q4 Do costs associated w/illegals outweigh benefits of having illegals (costs of food, wine, hotel industries)? #agchat
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mpaynknoper:
RT @agchat: Q4 Do costs associated w/illegals outweigh benefits of having illegals (costs of food, wine, hotel industries)? #agchat
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AgriBlogger:
Q4 Yes. Hard to put a price on human life when illegals kill citizens! #agchat
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JPlovesCOTTON:
Q4 There are certainly significant costs to go with illegal immigration. A better documented worker program would be beneficial #agchat
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SlowMoneyFarm:
Q4 I don't think anyone should have to work for less than a living wage; #agchat paying less to pay them less than needed no
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mpaynknoper:
@ketelsen Glad to have you here, thanks for intro. We just launched Q4. Would love your perspective from your side of biz. #agchat
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farmanddairy:
Q4 Doubt that benefits outweigh costs, particularly health care/education costs of generation born here to illegal parents #agchat
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agsalesman:
Q4: you can't put a number on it either way. But we MUST have a workable guestworker program. #agchat
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samvance:
Q4 No. They do use services, but that keeps demand for those services workers up & they pay sales taxes + consume goods. #agchat
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agchat:
RT @farmanddairy: Q4 Doubt benefits outweigh costs, particularly health care/ed costs of generation born here to illegal parents #agchat
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SlowMoneyFarm:
Q4 illegal to enter means illegal while here; why not? But if we cross the border & do the same we pay for it #agchat
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roarfarms:
Q4, by making illegals pay their way, and take the load off our gvt, would level the playing field. CEOs would have to pay workers #agchat
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farmanddairy:
But defs. of "living wage" varies RT @: Q4 I don't think anyone should have to work for less than a living wage #agchat
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mpaynknoper:
Q4 When we lived in CA in 1st job out of college w/no $, it bothered me to see illegals buying cigarettes, beer & tri tip w/my tax $ #agchat
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agchat:
RT @roarfarms: Q4 make illegals pay their way, and take load off gov, would level the playing field. CEOs would have to pay workers #agchat
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cornfedfarmer:
Q4 The costs definitely outweigh the benefits of illegal immigration. From id theft to the strain on the health industry. #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
Q4 No. I think it's part of the capitalistic system, provided the EMPLOYER does his/her part in paying what needs paid #agchat
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JPlovesCOTTON:
RT @roarfarms: Q4, by making illegals pay their way & take the load off gvt, would level the playing field. have to pay workers #agchat
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agchat:
RT @cornfedfarmer: Q4 Costs definitely outweigh the benefits of illegal immigration. From id theft to the strain on health industry. #agchat
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Cottonaggie:
Q4 A workable Guest Worker program is only solution to our lack of available labor in Ag. And we can also secure the border. #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
Q4 Yes, they do. RT @benlacross: sorry, mechanization is not the only answer. many mechanized ag jobs take a mobile workforce #agchat
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agchat:
RT @Cottonaggie: Q4 Workable Guest Worker program is only solution to lack of available labor in Ag. And we can also secure border. #agchat
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AFBFMace:
RT @Cottonaggie: Q4 Workable Guest Worker program only solution to lack of available labor in Ag. And we can secure the border. #agchat
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roarfarms:
q4, it's not if we should close our borders. Its in our Constitution! #agchat
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SlowMoneyFarm:
Q4 mechanization always prone to break down too at worst time; still need people watching over #agchat
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samvance:
Q4 What is the strain y'all keep talking abt? R there ambulances that are busy w/ illegal workers? Libraries run amuck? Pls explain #agchat
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AgriLawyer:
Q4: The cost of closing the border will come with a bigger lobby to change many ag exemptions to laws and more unionization. #agchat
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agchat:
Couple more minutes on Q4 (keep using that before your responses), then we'll be off... #agchat
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agchat:
RT @AgriLawyer: Q4: The cost of closing border will come w/bigger lobby to change many ag exemptions to laws & more unionization. #agchat
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SlowMoneyFarm:
fruit harvest, many livestock chores too; much can be done w/ technology but not all #agchat Q4
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ketelsen:
RT @SlowMoneyFarm: q4 too many jobs in ag can't be done by machine #agchat takes boots on the ground----> and most white people won't do it
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kmrivard:
Q4 I can think of several office workers who'd be more useful in the fields than they are in customer service, marketing, etc. #agchat
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samvance:
Q4 There WILL be an apple harvester if there is a need. Technological innovation will always provide. #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
RT @AgriLawyer: Q4: cost of closing the border will come w a bigger lobby 2 change many ag exemptions 2 laws and more unionization. #agchat
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jsamuelson56:
Q4 Make no mistake. We have the lgst budget deficits ever. Our nat'l debt is highest ever. We are all a drain on gov't right now. #agchat
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UddertechInc:
RT @kmrivard: Q4 I can think of several office workers whod b more useful in the fields than they r in customer service, market,... #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
Yes, there will RT @samvance: Q4 There WILL be an apple harvester if there is a need. Technological innovation will always provide. #agchat
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mpaynknoper:
Delta employees! RT @kmrivard: Q4 I can think of several office workers more useful in fields than in customer service, market,... #agchat