06-10-2017, 03:32 AM
Quotes from above: “I wonder what the farmers think of your grand plan to have food stamp recipients and the homeless work for them? They either can't work or don't want to. What could possibly go wrong?” and “I don't blame anyone from not taking that backbreaking work.”
I am 61, a white collar worker by occupation, and can still do 3 hours of weed eating in the sun. Up until my 40s I did 5-6 hours of farm work a day (on weekends). In my 20s-30s I did a full day.
True that most people do not like farm work. We also have many people who do not like any work. But if the crackdown on illegals continues, then the farm labor shortage will grow worse. Solutions?
It is unfortunate that we have our legacy of slavery, and also the history of chain gangs in the southeastern U.S. Both systems compelled people to work all day, often to point of physical injury.
If we can get away from our belief that farm labor must inevitably be oppressive, maybe progress can be made.
Our island’s coffee farms seem a rather moderate form of farm labor. Plenty of shade, the activity of bean picking does not seem particularly rigorous. Could we possibly impose a 2-4 hour workday on Hawaii Island residents who get government checks and laze around all day drinking and smoking weed. No?
I am 61, a white collar worker by occupation, and can still do 3 hours of weed eating in the sun. Up until my 40s I did 5-6 hours of farm work a day (on weekends). In my 20s-30s I did a full day.
True that most people do not like farm work. We also have many people who do not like any work. But if the crackdown on illegals continues, then the farm labor shortage will grow worse. Solutions?
It is unfortunate that we have our legacy of slavery, and also the history of chain gangs in the southeastern U.S. Both systems compelled people to work all day, often to point of physical injury.
If we can get away from our belief that farm labor must inevitably be oppressive, maybe progress can be made.
Our island’s coffee farms seem a rather moderate form of farm labor. Plenty of shade, the activity of bean picking does not seem particularly rigorous. Could we possibly impose a 2-4 hour workday on Hawaii Island residents who get government checks and laze around all day drinking and smoking weed. No?