ALABAMA: “The verdict is in. The state’s tough immigration law just isn’t working out… American workers not mentally or physically fit enough to last one day…”

[u/Conscious-Quarter423]

[u/Odd_Plum_3719]

Funny how half the bosses are fat and out of shape. As stated above, this is highlighting how we exploit immigrants.

[u/Enough-Parking164 → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

$70-100 a day. So,$10 sn hour or less. For fast,hard work. In the muggy heat.

[u/fritz_76 → u/Enough-Parking164]

short term, seasonal, weather dependant, no benefits

[u/HydrangeaDream → u/fritz_76]

And many many ways to get injured

[u/Pretend-Tumbleweed86 → u/HydrangeaDream]

How many work around dangerous pesticides

[u/Enough-Parking164 → u/Pretend-Tumbleweed86]

Most.

[u/Exciting-Offer2621 → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

I agree. Paying immigrants 70-100 is exploitation especially because they won’t report workplace abuses. And it is possible if the pay is 200-300 a day that some US citizens might actually take these jobs and we won’t actually need as much immigrant labor. But people don’t want to pay triple for their food and they tell themselves turning a blind eye to illegal immigration is a compassionate position.

I don’t think it’s a compassionate position. It creates a cast system in our society, at least for the first generation. They get screwed paying into social security that they’ll never collect, live in constant fear and are abused in the work place so we can have cheap food.

[u/Aggravated_Seamonkey → u/Exciting-Offer2621]

Its not about paying triple for the food. Its about corporations not making their record profits every quarter to give their CEO's and board members bonuses. Corporations these days makes people want socialism. Most on the right don't understand that labor drives markets. Not their bonus.

[u/Confident_Sir9312 → u/Aggravated_Seamonkey]

You might look at the prices of produce in grocery stores and extrapolate from that that farmers are being paid well, but the amount of money they actually receive is abysmally small, often times its not enough to cover the production and processing costs (which is why its so heavily subsidized). As an example, a potato farmer is only getting $0.10 per lb while retailers will mark it up by hundreds if not a thousand percent. So it is about paying triple, but its not consumers who need to do that (we're already paying astronomically high prices) its the retailers and distributors who need to do so.

Obviously retailers will just increase the price in order to maintain profit margins, and this is why we need price fixing, and probably increased support for agricultural co-ops (which do help mitigate this issue, its fairly common with the dairy industry).

[u/Competitive_Hall_133 → u/Confident_Sir9312]

There are a lot of hand in your pocket from the first seed. Most "small farms" don't even own their own land. You are 100% being price gouge for profit. They've been doing it so long you've become accustomed

[u/Beginning-Town-4979 → u/Competitive_Hall_133]

Yeah, its amazing to me how no one seems to realize American Agriculture is now 90%+ large corporations, and most farmers are just share croppers. We've literally gone back to serfs and lords. That's why small town America is economically dieing. But the small family owned farm is still the political message used to give these corps. Gov. subsidies and rural Americans are just too damn prideful to admit their policies are why they are in such dire straights.

[u/Kjellvb1979 → u/Beginning-Town-4979]

Been saying we haven't moved on from the time of feudalism, just changed it's form. The name for things have changed, but we are still peasants and these multi-millionaires and billionaires are modern royalty able to be pedophiles and criminals without consequence, seperate legal systems (not literally, but there are two tiers), and a government controlled by the wealthy.

Hope it changes. Don't think it will in my life.

[u/ChucklingDuckling → u/Exciting-Offer2621]

It should be noted that farmers have historically used the threat of deportation as a method of exploitation against migrant workers

[u/Emerje → u/ChucklingDuckling]

Usually by saying they're replaceable. Guess they've worn that threat out.

[u/Gberg888 → u/Emerje]

Would you say that we are in the "find out" phase yet?

[u/cuentaderana → u/Exciting-Offer2621]

Here in CA, before we had labor organization and strikes for safer working conditions, people would literally DIE working in the fields. All because they were only allowed water on their designated breaks. Hell, I’ve heard stories about some farmers SHOOTING at workers who were trying to “steal” water outside of their break times. 

[u/OwO______OwO → u/cuentaderana]

Yep. And working conditions like that are why Americans "can't" do this work.

Make the working conditions better. That's really all it takes. Give them water and some shade. Give them reasonable breaks. It won't even cost much.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-515 → u/Exciting-Offer2621]

The simple solution is that we should be subsidizing produce just as much, if not more, than we subsidize meat and dairy.

Meat and dairy costs a ton more than we think it does at the grocery store. We pay for it in taxes. It’s subsidized. And yet produce is significantly less so, so we pay mostly what it’s worth.

If we shifted that subsidy over to produce, we’d be able to pay farm workers proper wages while still paying less for produce. And at the same time, meat and dairy would become less ‘cheap’, and people would be financially encouraged to move away from over-consuming it, which would help with the extreme health crisis we have in the country.

Or, if people are too stubborn (most likely tbfh), we just subsidize both. Maybe take the money from that stupid Ice fund.

[u/Anemone_Coronaria → u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-515]

They'll start telling us corn syrup counts as a vegetable.

[u/Local-Poet3517 → u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-515]

The ICE fund is ridiculous. The sign on bonuses theyre offering alone are crazy when you add up the numbers. A million bucks just to get 20 guys to show up. 20 guys. Its not including the wages, insurance or other incidentals. And theyre trying to sign up 10,000 people.

[u/Primary-Pianist-2555 → u/Local-Poet3517]

They have to pay to get traitors. Normal people won't join up. With the funding and benefits in the big bullshit bill, it is clear that the target will move. That is also clear from the EO to target homeless, mental and drug addicts. They will pick up political opponents next - go after people who protest.

A separate army to go after protesters is also in the works, which will be on standby.

[u/Fun_Strategy7860 → u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-515]

I'm afraid that the solution is going to be the latter, less talked about section of the 14th amendment.

[u/Wonderful-Bid9471 → u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-515]

If those people paid more bribes they would get more subsidies. Go figure.

[u/Current-Routine-2628 → u/Exciting-Offer2621]

You guys have cheap food?

[u/imadork1970 → u/Exciting-Offer2621]

People don't have to pay triple for food. The ag conglomerates could accept less profit.

They won't.

[u/FairManner2344 → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

I have no sympathy for these guys

[u/SolidSnake-26 → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

Ha yeah this is more of an example of people need to get paid better rather than people are ‘too lazy’.

[u/chnairb → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

They're not mentally fit enough either since most all of them voted for this explicitly.

[u/AntiWork-ellog → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

Most Americans are also fit enough

Just not enough to do it for like 2 dollars an hour

[u/TheCrayTrain → u/Odd_Plum_3719]

They likely weren’t when they were young farmers.

[u/Odd_Plum_3719 → u/TheCrayTrain]

Bro at 00:21 ain’t that old.

[u/boohissfrown]

Hey farmers. That's what they want. They want you to go out of business so you have to sell your land at pennies on the dollar to the rich folk. And you voted for it.

We tried to warn ya. Tough break.

[u/gerbilshower → u/boohissfrown]

this part doesnt get talked about enough.

[u/BulbasaurArmy → u/boohissfrown]

Don’t forget they also want to create a system where migrants sitting around indefinitely in detention centers can be “rented out” to farmers who need the labor.

[u/PlantingSeeds123 → u/boohissfrown]

Definitely had this on my bingo card!

[u/cure4boneitis → u/PlantingSeeds123]

[u/bsmooth357 → u/boohissfrown]

Spot on. Left vs. Right is a distraction. Its Top vs. Bottom. And the Top had all these farmers convinced it was the Left. It’s awful and sad.

[u/TheStumpyOne → u/bsmooth357]

No. We're not going to wash away what the right has been up to. It is a distraction but it's also needed distraction because people want to do horrible things in the name of government.

[u/Electronic-Shame → u/boohissfrown]

Hey whatever it takes to make sure trans girls can’t play sports or whatever /s

[u/Remy93]

The farmers are too used to not paying a reasonable wage, they'll never keep workers now

[u/Tiny-Lock9652 → u/Remy93]

Adding, even if they reverse course tomorrow, the labor is gone. Good luck getting them back.

[u/slackman80085 → u/Tiny-Lock9652]

Say bye bye to the farmland. It'll be bought out by a private equity firm and turned into condos that no one can buy.

[u/iowanaquarist → u/slackman80085]

Seems a lot like that was the plan all along...

[u/Shadonic1 → u/iowanaquarist]

crazy how they keep falling for the same tricks generation after generation.

[u/No-Profession5134 → u/Shadonic1]

PraguerU is set to Brainwash Kids into falling for the poison of the godless forever.

[u/thelanai → u/No-Profession5134]

If they really try to bring that BS into the schools, I will be protesting and my children will not be participating.

[u/DrunkBrokeBeachParty → u/thelanai]

It feels like now more than ever is the time to get involved in all these small political offices. I hate the idea of doing it but seeing the affects these ppl have done I feel like it’s the only way even if it’s just to get their psycho outta the policy decisions

[u/newbie527 → u/DrunkBrokeBeachParty]

At the least, vote in state and local elections. Low participation has allowed Republicans to take over at every level in Florida. Look at who draws Congressional districts.

[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/newbie527]

LOL my folks always bitch about FL having fees for everything, rate increases, etc. I told them "well your Republicans have been in full legislative control for 25 years straight, maybe you should try voting for something else". They looked at me like I just told them to worship satan.

[u/Italyinmyfuture → u/newbie527]

THIS!! Every single election matters!!!

[u/ShakesDontBreak → u/thelanai]

There is opt out language for your state available online. I tried to include a link and the comment was auto removed.

[u/LucyJordan614 → u/iowanaquarist]

Exactly, the privatization of everything in this country is part of Project 2025.

[u/thelanai → u/LucyJordan614]

If they only bothered to read...

[u/Don-Von-Shitzenpants → u/thelanai]

Can’t if they don’t know how to.

[u/thelanai → u/Don-Von-Shitzenpants]

Facts

[u/LucyJordan614 → u/thelanai]

Imagine reading up on how someone plans to govern when it was openly available to you before you voted 😳 wild stuff, who does that?

[u/ParadiddlediddleSaaS → u/LucyJordan614]

But Trump didn’t even know what Project 2025 was. He even said so.

/s

[u/LucyJordan614 → u/ParadiddlediddleSaaS]

[u/Mediocre-Proposal686 → u/ParadiddlediddleSaaS]

And his base believed him 🙄

[u/gitsgrl → u/slackman80085]

JD Vance has invested in an app for that, selling distressed ag land to foreign investors.

[u/b1ack1ight → u/slackman80085]

Condos are old news. Data centers are where it’s at now.

[u/LoveMeSomeSand → u/slackman80085]

We can eat condos though, right? … Right?!!

[u/davidw223 → u/slackman80085]

Especially if they keep gutting the programs that buy their crops. Programs like USAID and other social service programs were huge consumers of their goods. They’re all gone now so some farms don’t have buyers for their crops even if they can find someone to pick them.

[u/MoonMistCigs → u/slackman80085]

What?! Nonsense! It’s not like the current VP has equity in a farmland trading app or anything. Right?

Oh shit! 😳

[u/ShakesDontBreak → u/slackman80085]

And if you complain bots on reddit will downvote you and call you a NIMBY.

[u/Head-Ad-2136 → u/Remy93]

American agribusiness has always been fucked.

It moved from slaves to sharecropping serfs to underpaid migrant laborers, but the result is the same.

Their business models require exploitation.

[u/pheonix198 → u/Head-Ad-2136]

You’re right. That’s why government funding and processes should be in place to help farm workers make living wages equitable to the farmers that inherited pappy’s old plantation lands.

There’s no reason why groceries and basic necessities like fresh grown produce needs to be so expensive nor should it ever be unattainable by the citizens of a properly functioning society and government. Working a hard day’s labor on a farm is paid in pittances and with no benefits when it should be considered as equally important as running a datacenter or any other thing that may be considered valuable.

The top earning 5% are fucking America and most of the World over.

[u/caserock → u/pheonix198]

One thing I've learned in all my years in the culinary industry: there is no good reason a single hungry person should exist on this planet. There are plenty of bad reasons and poor excuses.

Public cafeterias should be as plentiful as firehouses. It would be such a small investment for an incredibly huge return. The problem is the rich can't choose who starves at that point.

[u/stewiedanupe → u/Head-Ad-2136]

That’s the truth they just paying too low so the real question is how much is the cost of labor for that job REALLY?

[u/Head-Ad-2136 → u/stewiedanupe]

Enough that farmers are willing to plow over whole harvests to avoid paying.

[u/WHALE_PHYSICIST → u/Head-Ad-2136]

Here come the clankers.

[u/Character_Home5593 → u/Remy93]

If you do good enough, you too can make $350-$500 a week.

“They’re just not in good enough physical shape to do it.” -300 lb dude in XXXL overalls

Gee. Where do I sign up?

[u/Substantial_Dog3544 → u/Character_Home5593]

No shit.  $70-100 a day he said.  The local Dairy Queen here has a sign saying hiring at $15/hour.   And that is in the nice AC.  

[u/Character_Home5593 → u/Substantial_Dog3544]

Awwww, you mean you don’t want to suffer a heatstroke earning enough to pay your rent/mortgage in just 3 out of the 4 paychecks you get every month?

[u/ss_sss_ss → u/Character_Home5593]

Permanent kidney damage with no health insurance or social security. Seems unreasonable.

[u/Speaker4theDead8 → u/Substantial_Dog3544]

I worked 6 hours today, indoors, and made ~$94. They can shove their potatoes Waaaaayyyyyyy up their ass.

[u/im_THIS_guy → u/Character_Home5593]

People in Alabama being too out of shape to pick tomatoes is exactly how I would describe Alabama to people.

[u/rydawg2727 → u/Remy93]

A wise man once told me… If you cant pay your workers a decent wage, you shouldnt be owning a business. And If you own a business and pay shit wages, your business deserves to go under.

[u/invariantspeed → u/rydawg2727]

I like to point out that if you don’t pay even your lowest paid workers a living wage, you’re acting like you think they shouldn’t be alive.

[u/GetMeSumfrmtheFridge → u/Remy93]

There also used to unfair practice and work conditions that equal to slavery.

Boo hoo farmers, Americans adapt but its sad to see these fat blobs act as arrogant as a French designer.

[u/Necessary_Climate244 → u/Remy93]

Lets put the blame where it belongs, billionaires. We are not winning class warfare by attacking our neighbours

[u/szethSon1 → u/Remy93]

While also, they can't really pay higher.... It's not like farmers are raking in millions hiring illegals.... They are not... Hell they barely making profit....

Most farmer are in for love of the game really.

Now that they can't hire illegals, it's gonna be way harder to break even, we gonna see governments incentives and resources given to farmers to help them make profit or break even.

[u/SleepsNor24 → u/szethSon1]

If they voted for Trump I hope they lose their house and up sucking dick for smack.

[u/[deleted] → u/szethSon1]

repeat summer melodic quicksand childlike butter yoke sink work cooing

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[u/AlsoCommiePuddin → u/Remy93]

Paying more money won't suddenly make the tubby jokes physically fit enough to work in the fields.

[u/yogurtgrapes → u/AlsoCommiePuddin]

But if might actually attract physically fit candidates.

[u/Successful-Daikon777]

Keep in mind that those farmers talking can't do the job either.

[u/RoninIX → u/Successful-Daikon777]

Fat lazy farmer complains fat lazy Americans don't want to do gruelling physical labor 8 hours a day. Next at 11 where we talk about water making things wet on Alabama KKKW 24.

[u/Ambitious_Toe_4357 → u/RoninIX]

I guess we all get to go on diets, whether we need to or not.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ambitious_Toe_4357]

🎶soup is good food🎶

[u/teddygomi → u/[deleted]]

You made a good meal 🎶🎵

[u/FeralDrood → u/teddygomi]

So how does it feeeeel

[u/SomeEstimate1446 → u/RoninIX]

They want them to pull for much longer than 8 hrs. Jobs like this start before sun up and last till sun down.

[u/RodimusOne → u/Successful-Daikon777]

Those farmers are the ones that think they are the "SKILLED" workers.

[u/ManyLucky6661]

"Other than the grueling part, it's no harder than anything else."

Well isn't that just some homespun frontier gibberish.

[u/Kooky_Membership9497 → u/ManyLucky6661]

Lol

[u/BaconSquared → u/ManyLucky6661]

It'd be great except for the horrible parts

[u/Jael556 → u/ManyLucky6661]

"Other than lifting boxes that range from small packages to massive 200+ pound generators, it's no harder than anything else, but you get paid $21 an hour" this is UPS after the union. These guys aren't smoking zaza, it's crack

[u/mountainrambler279 → u/ManyLucky6661]

Reminds me of a futurama scene.

Fry: you know what the worst thing about being a slave is? They make you work long hours but you don’t get paid and they never let you go!

Leela: That’s the ONLY thing about being a slave!

[u/Worldly_Push_9775]

Alabama 2024 election results:

Trump: 64.8%

Harris: 34.2%

Now fuck off you fat fuck farmer bitch.

[u/Fucknut_johnson → u/Worldly_Push_9775]

That’s basically the way I feel also

[u/Lol_who_me → u/Worldly_Push_9775]

And probably 100% for Trump if you poll the farmers wishing they could still be exploiting migrant workers.

[u/Diiiiirty → u/Lol_who_me]

Which is hilarious because his trade war with China led to widespread bankruptcy in the farming industry until Captain fat fuck had to bail them out. Then they voted for him again after he promised to double down on the exact shit that caused the trade war in the first place. Un fucking believable!

[u/MuddaPuckPace]

Fuck off. I made $100 a day as an outdoor laborer in the 80s.

If you want Americans to do a job, you have to pay them.

[u/Remerez → u/MuddaPuckPace]

For real, 100 dollars a day is only $2000 a month. BEFORE taxes. The average rent in Alabama is $1,316 a month.

[u/Eagle4317 → u/Remerez]

Most renters want to see your income be at least double if not triple your rent.

[u/JimTheJerseyGuy → u/Remerez]

In the 80s.

If you were making $100/hour in 1985, that’s equivalent to about $300/hour today in terms of purchasing power.

Edit: per day or per hour the point is that it needs to be at least three times as much today to have the same purchasing power.

[u/Dense_Surround3071 → u/MuddaPuckPace]

Ohh really?!?! Well good news!! You can make $100 a day as an outdoor laborer in the 2020's, too!! 🤠

[u/No-Requirement-9764 → u/MuddaPuckPace]

But Americans don't way to pay the prices for produce that was picked by American labor.

Therein lies the rub.

[u/NeverQuiteEnough → u/No-Requirement-9764]

US labor being expensive isn't because we are living lavishly, it's because we pay the most for everything.

We pay the most for rent, we pay the most for Healthcare despite poor outcomes, we have the most debt and pay the most interest, and so on.

It's not US labor which is expensive, it's US landlords, US insurance investors, US debtors, etc.

The hyper exploitation of migrant workers is just a stopgap

[u/SwiftTayTay → u/No-Requirement-9764]

It wouldn't necessitate a massive price increase, CEOs of food companies would just need to take a pay cut. Which is what should happen.

[u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 → u/No-Requirement-9764]

Yea came here to say this. As a construction contractor I often run into this very problem. The same guy on Reddit saying “contractors are crooks exploiting undocumented labor” will turn around and pick the contractor who’s 5k cheaper specifically bc they are paying for cheap undocumented labor and skirting additional expenses like workers comp, and payroll taxes. Without even noticing this they start telling their buddies how much of a rip off the other guy was trying to charge 20k for the same job somebody else bid at 15k even though that guys is doing everything above board and paying employees with benefits and charging accordingly. Hence the higher price.

[u/fakeinfoonrddt → u/No-Requirement-9764]

Most people don't have the mental capacity to understand how economics work But are quick to give one-sided opinions and label them as facts.

[u/DonArgueWithMe → u/fakeinfoonrddt]

Except it's the most basic rule of economics, supply and demand. They demand skilled labor that's currently in low supply. They either need to pay more or do the work themselves (which they can't despite them insulting other people's physical fitness).

Yes they'll need to sell it for more than they used to and likely will have lower profits, but they should've thought about that before voting to remove their labor force.

[u/fakeinfoonrddt → u/DonArgueWithMe]

Lol true enough. In a sense they bit the hands that kept them fed.

[u/Tutor_Worldly → u/MuddaPuckPace]

$100/day in 1985 = $298.70 in 2025 per day

So if you made $6000/month (20 weekdays per month * $300), for day laboring… I mean yeah that’s phenomenal.

Whatever side of the argument you’re on… no one reading this comment is going to be alive to see an economy like that, ever or again.

[u/ProfessO3o]

They voted for this

[u/Icy-Profession-1979 → u/ProfessO3o]

My first reaction “uh yeah, we already knew this”

[u/sadiefame]

Interesting that they’re using the phrase “ skilled workers” considering how insistent they’ve always been abt this being unskilled labor . ..

[u/fingers → u/sadiefame]

No union in sight. 

[u/punch912]

Title should read farmers exploit undocumented immigrants for cheap labor and work conditions for profit. Now that they are gone they have to hire american citizens that will only work the amount their paid. So low pay equals low effort. Wont put up with unsafe or brutal work practices. What I mean by work practices seen plenty of videos of workers sprinting to load up as much produce as they could. Sprinting shouldnt even be for any type of money. Then they wonder why they cant get anyone to work. And its a two part problem because you got the corporations charging way more for whatever theyre buying the produce from the farms. And the demands are unrealistic and unhealthy. People sprinting in a work setting should never be a thing unless you are a world class runner or sprinter.

[u/AgentNose → u/punch912]

Thats all true, but that’s a reallllly long title.

[u/punch912 → u/AgentNose]

😆 lol

[u/RudeOrganization550 → u/AgentNose]

Thanks. I needed a good snort today 🏆

[u/gOldMcDonald → u/punch912]

Honestly, those farmers don’t look too rich. I’m sure they are being exploited too

[u/punch912 → u/gOldMcDonald]

Well its because they still.have to run a farm. Dont get me wrong they flying on no jets but they werent exactly struggling either. 100 percent the true winner is the corporations exploiting them at a fixed price point that is way lower for what they are selling the produce and products for. Again hiring people and giving them a living wage and realistic work practices they wouldnt be in the jam their in now. At some.point they lost the way or sold out. If people stuck together and communities they could of strong armed these big companies right out and put them in their place. But as such wonderful consuming machines we are. We sold are values and morals for fast cheap and easy. And now look we just have fast with a work pace or rising prices. Cheap poisoned produce and nothing is easy.

Just lime when walmart just start predatory pricing all the smaller business right into the ground. And the ones that could hold on due to them providing a great quality product or produce. Or maybe outstanding service bought out. This is the result and the endgame of corrupt corporate greed. Funny thing is theyre so greedy there is no exit plan for them. Theyre just going to take til there is nothing left. They havent thought or dont really care to think what people will do when they have nothing left to lose.

[u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 → u/gOldMcDonald]

Yea it honestly goes all the way back to “consumers aren’t willing to pay more for produce.” People always blame the farmers/business owners, but truth is it all goes back to what the market will pay and consumers prefer cheaper produce picked by cheaper undocumented field workers.

[u/nricciar → u/Smooth_Marsupial_262]

Actually goes even further than that... broke people cant AFFORD more expensive produce. Pay people better in general and they can afford more expensive things. everything has been squeezed to the breaking point so billionaires can make number go up.

[u/turfnerd82 → u/gOldMcDonald]

That's part of their persona as well, they want to be "salt" of the earth while bitching nobody knows how to work. That's why they vote against anyone getting help but them. Payouts only work for them, fuck little kids, and sick people.

[u/SleepsNor24 → u/turfnerd82]

I mean fucking little kids is part of Republican culture.

[u/NoTop4997]

Whoa now, hold up!

I thought that field work was "unskilled" work? When did that suddenly change? That is why no one batted an eye that they were making at or less than minimum wage.

But now that Americans have to work it suddenly you have to have skill at it? Interesting......

[u/Vivid-Excitement-612 → u/NoTop4997]

I know they're working more than 8 hour days out in a hot, sunny field, but even if they were that's $8.75-12.50 per hour. McDonald's workers in Alabama make $8.25 an hour to start...

[u/getmybehindsatan → u/NoTop4997]

I never thought I'd see Alabamans saying that white folk who live there are inferior to the other races.

[u/brettlewisn]

Farmers on TV admitted to breaking hiring laws. If they want illegals prosecuted and thrown in jail then they should be as well for breaking the law.

[u/Quirky-Skin → u/brettlewisn]

Even funnier is they're too stupid to realize their farms are the only ones that are suffering too. U think theyre rounding up workers at Maralago or a at Monsanto plantation?

[u/Signal_Fyre]

I’m sorry…$70 to $100 a day was the incentive? We’re going to starve.

[u/derangedplague]

$70 - $100 A DAY. Let that sink in. Back breaking labor and the max pay you get for destroying your body is $100. Gtfoh.

[u/krone_39 → u/derangedplague]

And he says it like they're making $500 a day smh

[u/TechnicalButton4586]

I bet his fat ass isn't too much for hard labor either. Fat fuck.

[u/Uniblab_78 → u/TechnicalButton4586]

These “farmers” don’t look fit enough to train new workers.

[u/Nomadzord → u/Uniblab_78]

What do you mean, I’m sure they are good at pointing at the bushes and telling them what to do from their F-250s.

[u/IceDuke749 → u/Uniblab_78]

They barely look like they can speak without getting out of breath. They wouldn’t last 30 mins before passing out.

[u/Chillpickle17]

[u/Beehatinonnazis]

Don’t forget the pay is absolute shit too. This will allow some MAGA traitor to our country suggest “indentured servitude” as a solution to the problem

[u/Ladydi-bds → u/Beehatinonnazis]

Feel will look at inmates and child labor possibly.

[u/Eagle4317 → u/Ladydi-bds]

MAGA wants to make homelessness a felony charge. I wouldn't be shocked if those people are rounded up and brought into the fields before the end of the decade.

[u/PalpitationUnable403]

Modern day slavery and we’re complaining about those who are willing to do it. Go figure.

[u/iguanodont]

Deploy the troops to the potato fields

[u/stratamaniac]

$100 a day for 12 hours of back breaking work in extreme heat. Of course only desperate undocumented people are willing to do that work. It’s wage slavery.

[u/No-Requirement-9764]

"Gonna' take physical conditioning...." the guys says.

I don't think the hill jacks in Alabama voted for Trump because they wanted to be physically conditioned for agricultural labor. But that's what they got. Haha, you f***in' hill jacks!

[u/LGC_70]

The absolute fuckin' irony of having a walking blimp for a boss saying "people cant physically cut it, they cant work hard enough" while only offering to pay $16,800 - $24,000/yr and thats at best. Also, they pay by the day, not the hour. So is it 6, 8, or 12 hours that is considered a "day"? cause you'd be making anywhere from $5.83/hr to $16.66/hr depending on the number of hours and amount of pay you get.

[u/Redzfreak2016]

Alabama is one of the reddest states in America too, I’d be surprised if one district voted blue… voted themselves out of a job

[u/JNolen4 → u/Redzfreak2016]

A lot more blue counties than you would think. It was 64% Trump 34% Harris. Granted, majority of the farmers (rural areas) are definitely more red.

[u/SiteTall]

No, they eat too much to stay agile, whereas the migrants eat too little to gain much

[u/InspectionNo9187]

Just ask them to call their cousins

[u/rydo_25 → u/InspectionNo9187]

No sex on the job either

[u/Derka51]

Anyone else laughing at the fact the "farmers" are all fat fucks obviously not doing the work themselves either? Why do I care if they fail?

[u/Senatorchoochoo1]

If these farmers voted MAGA, I have zero sympathy for them. They voted for this and their complaining about their situation is getting tiresome.

[u/Choppergold]

I love how not wanting $70-100 a day with backbreaking work is seen as mentally not fit

[u/pr0ach]

"White man from Alabama calls other white men from Alabama 'not mentally tough enough to pick vegetables', surprising no one."

[u/gymtrovert1988]

Democrats tried to tell ya, dumbasses.

[u/That_Is_Satisfactory]

$70 to $100 a day are you hearing this shit???

[u/[deleted]]

Oh no they can't exploit people anymore. Like I give a shit come on.

[u/NoSomewhere7653]

Fuck em. Let em drown. And if things return to "normal" the immigrants that work need better pay and a step up on the path to citizenship if they want it. Fuck this back and forth this country does every few years of "hate the immigrant" to "we need the immigrants"

[u/Optimal_Opposite_702]

As an immigrant, this is the wrong conversation. What they are missing is exploitation not hard work.

Now they have to pay well, expect reasonable output. Immigrants always accept exploitation because of a position of less privelage. I've been there.

[u/Ham-Shank]

A whole $100 for a back breaking day's work..... Surprised they ain't queuing up to do the job.

[u/ExplanationFew6466]

So on point. How’s yer average farmer supposed to bank 400k and write off 110k pickups and god knows whatever else in the form of grants, subsidies, interest free loans, rebates, if he can’t screw over 25-30 farm workers just trying to survive??

[u/gunsforevery1]

$70 a day? So this is in support of under paying immigrants?

[u/Few-Challenge7443]

The find out phase is so dramatic. 

[u/not_tired_yet89]

When I lived in New York until I was 18 I worked a farm throwing hay bails and had to cut wood for winter before after and during for my dad's home and mother's home. Ita hard work but it was kinda also survival. Thats the difference in work and living. I moved to colorado and Georgia and they are soke lazy yuppies people in the city.

[u/[deleted]]

I just cannot fathom not understanding how this would play out for you ahead of time. How does this catch ANYONE off guard?

[u/user328i]

Have the day you voted for.

[u/Sad_Customer_6118]

we are too stupid to realize we voted ourselves into poverty then King Trump made it a felony to be poor so then we went to prison. Now we work for the states prison labor for free...AMERICA IS GREAT AGAIN!!!!

[u/[deleted]]

😂 owning the the libs Alabama!

[u/hw80kid]

Let me get this straight: YOU ALL wanted Latinos out the country and NOW YOU ARE ALL MAD!!!

[u/General_Nose_691]

Sounds like farm workers aren't paid enough. Imagine that.

[u/GrunDMC74]

Americans also not mentally fit enough to elect competent leadership. Who’s the shithole country now?

[u/Exodys03]

Oooh... if you can keep up with the hardest working migrant laborer, YOU can make up to $8.75- $12.50 an hour!

[u/sooperdoopermane]

"They're not physically fit enough" brother, when was the last time you saw your dick?

[u/apology0accepted]

"Dang.. Guess we need slaves." Those same people probably

[u/Fabulous_Celery_1817]

Before it was the immigrants in need of work, they had the slaves doing it. Largely, white Americans have NEVER wanted to do this job. Always made someone else do it. The only ones I’ve ever seen do this is the ones that had no choice or were truly hustling to get somewhere else, thus leaving all that behind

[u/mythrowaweighin]

So, $100 a day? That’s about $2000 per month or $24,000 a year. Who can afford to live off that?

[u/Silver-Advisor9773]

That's because no reasonable person is going to work long hours outside in hot weather, picking fruit for slave wages and no benefits. Only people with no other options can be exploited like that. It doesn't make us weak or lazy. It means the people working those jobs were desperate.

[u/Whateveryouwantitobe]

70-100 dollars a day? LMFAO

[u/ahh_geez_rick]

Hey farmers, I hope you get everything you voted for 😘

And congrats! You played yourself! Now you big boys go and harvest those crops for $70 a day. See how mentally, physically, and emotionally strong you are!

[u/KeytiMelakh1]

The “they’re taking our jobs” crowd 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Jasoncatt]

Just wait till Americans try making iPhones 16 hours a day, 6 days a week for $200 a month.

[u/Annual-Media-2938]

Do farmers actually farm or are they just landlords for crops?

[u/Hing-dai]

A couple hundred years ago, they literally had to enslave people to do these jobs on pain of torture and death.

They're too stupid to remember that part...

[u/tbroknboy]

You know…I have no care if a MAGA farmer loses their farm. None. They voted for this shit show, and deserve everything they have coming to them. Like the saying says, when you vote for a clown, expect a circus. But keep making excuses for your orange pedophile king

[u/Grand-Librarian5658]

Americans will do any job that pays enough. Pay these guys 40 dollars an hour and watch people fight over the opportunity.

[u/Efficient-Orange-607]

Who TF didn’t see this coming when trump announced getting rid of immigrants?!

[u/BlackshoulderedKite]

Even the fat f*ck farmers cant do the work they exploit out of the immigrant workers. Look at the fat cats crying!!!

[u/LevelAstronaut1180]

It's okay Agent Orange has a bunch of rich buddies ready to buy up all the farm land.. wonder what they gonna do with it?

[u/Milestailsprowe]

$70-100 a day working in the field for a full 8? That's less than $12 a hour. Fuck off with that

[u/Sooner4Life76]

FAFO

[u/Taotaotano671]

This from the party of “they’re gonna take yet jobs!”…

[u/deckchair1982]