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With Trump’s idiotic ICE raids pulling an estimated 70% of farm laborers out of California’s fields (which produce over a third of vegetables and more than 75% of fruits and nuts consumed in the US) what are you all planning on eating this year?

Make American (stomachs) Growl Again.

https://apple.news/AJaBr5p1-RgqEhrqe-O2lAA
 
Damn. Can I still get almonds for my nut milk?
 
I have bought 1000 lbs each of lettuce and bananas and have stored them in my attic.

barfo
 
Okay, looks like you can put your hoarding plans on hold for now. The sable genius has an outline of a plan for a temporary pass for certain industries, including farm workers. No, he’s not going TACO (well, he really is, but he hates that acronym):

“I don’t back away,” Mr. Trump said on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures. “What I do have, I cherish our farmers. And when we go into a farm and we take away people that have been working there for 15 and 20 years, who were good, who possibly came in incorrectly. And what we’re going to do is we’re going to do something for farmers where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows he’s not going to hire a murderer.”

He’s right about that. Employers need good workers, and it’s crazy policy for the U.S. government to raid businesses in order to drag away someone who arrived here illegally but has been a reliable employee for years.

“But you know, when you go into a farm and you set somebody working with them for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away—it’s a problem,” Mr. Trump added. “You know, I’m on both sides of the thing. I’m the strongest immigration guy that there’s ever been, but I’m also the strongest farmer guy that there’s ever been, and that includes also hotels and, you know, places where people work, a certain group of people work.”

Feel better now? Mr. Ed (the stable genius) has this covered.
 
It’s a brilliant plan, really. I mean, human nature being what it is, what could possibly go wrong with a plan to give the farmer power over his workers by having the ability to cancel their temporary pass by firing them and having them deported?
 
e_blazer said:
It’s a brilliant plan, really. I mean, human nature being what it is, what could possibly go wrong with a plan to give the farmer power over his workers by having the ability to cancel their temporary pass by firing them and having them deported?
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Again, it's all about having an exploitable workforce.

SlyPokerDog said:
But this isn't really about that. It's about having an exploitable workforce. If this was truly about preventing bad people into the country, we would make hiring and profiting off them illegal. In all these ICE raids, how many employers have been arrested? How many managers at Home Depot have been arrested? How many states and cities have laws that prohibit landlords from renting to illegals? This would be similar to if we only arrested illegal drug users and not the drug dealers.

These "terrible" people are being exploited for profit. It was bad before, but now it's even worse. Now you can hire them, not pay them, and if they complain, they get arrested they moment they show up to court. You can insult them, assault them, and they won't report it.

If we really wanted to cure this terrible problem, make it illegal to do business with them. Don't hire them, rent to them, and sell large things like cars and houses to them. Make e-Verify a mandatory requirement in many transactions.

Instead, we just want to humiliate and abuse people to feel better about ourselves.
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e_blazer said:
Okay, looks like you can put your hoarding plans on hold for now. The sable genius has an outline of a plan for a temporary pass for certain industries, including farm workers. No, he’s not going TACO (well, he really is, but he hates that acronym):

“I don’t back away,” Mr. Trump said on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures. “What I do have, I cherish our farmers. And when we go into a farm and we take away people that have been working there for 15 and 20 years, who were good, who possibly came in incorrectly. And what we’re going to do is we’re going to do something for farmers where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows he’s not going to hire a murderer.”

He’s right about that. Employers need good workers, and it’s crazy policy for the U.S. government to raid businesses in order to drag away someone who arrived here illegally but has been a reliable employee for years.

“But you know, when you go into a farm and you set somebody working with them for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away—it’s a problem,” Mr. Trump added. “You know, I’m on both sides of the thing. I’m the strongest immigration guy that there’s ever been, but I’m also the strongest farmer guy that there’s ever been, and that includes also hotels and, you know, places where people work, a certain group of people work.”

Feel better now? Mr. Ed (the stable genius) has this covered.
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My god, Trump voters. How did you get duped by maybe the stupidest human being ever? You should feel so fucking embarassed.
 
I've been prepping for awhile. Emergency food. Water storage and filters. Solar power batteries. Rice and canned goods. Gas powered heaters. Generators. The goal is the prep for a month or so. The good thing is most prepper stuff is great for camping too.

a problem is it's almost impossible to prep for years at a time. You need community in order to do so.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
I've been prepping for awhile. Emergency food. Water storage and filters. Solar power batteries. Rice and canned goods. Gas powered heaters. Generators. The goal is the prep for a month or so. The good thing is most prepper stuff is great for camping too.

a problem is it's almost impossible to prep for years at a time. You need community in order to do so.
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I've been prepping too!

And by prepping, I've been keeping track of which of my neighbors prep and making sure I have more guns than them.

BTW, where do you live?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I've been prepping too!

And by prepping, I've been keeping track of which of my neighbors prep and making sure I have more guns than them.

BTW, where do you live?
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If you do that you'll die quicker. Need community to watch out for each other. Encourage your neighbors to prep too.

I never used to until covid and the whole toilet paper debacle.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I've been prepping too!

And by prepping, I've been keeping track of which of my neighbors prep and making sure I have more guns than them.

BTW, where do you live?
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We have canned goods, propane tanks, a generator, dried rice, beans, Lentils, quinoa, etc., and a freezer full of meat. Still more work to do, but we have a pretty good start.
 
theprunetang said:
We have canned goods, propane tanks, a generator, dried rice, beans, Lentils, quinoa, etc., and a freezer full of meat. Still more work to do, but we have a pretty good start.
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You still in Florida?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
You still in Florida?
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Unfortunately yes. Going to be visiting Oregon all next week though for a remembrance for my recently passed father. Will spend the first night in Portland, but the rest of the time will be spent exploring all of my dad's favorite places in Southern Oregon.
 
theprunetang said:
Unfortunately yes. Going to be visiting Oregon all next week though for a remembrance for my recently passed father. Will spend the first night in Portland, but the rest of the time will be spent exploring all of my dad's favorite places in Southern Oregon.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. Big hugs!
 
I always have stocks of legumes, grains and other nonperishables. And freezer currently contains hummus, three soups, chicken, salmon, tacos, plus uncooked frozen cod, salmon and shrimp. Also pancakes. Rice and cauliflower dish. Pita.
 
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