Don't Worry, We can get Pears from China

Re: [spiers] Don't Worry, We can get Pears from China

> Kids used to pick up a few thousand dollars doing
> this, but that was made illegal too.

Well, having illegal immigrants pick your fruit
is....illegal too. Maybe this is about poor farm
management rather than about laws protecting workers.

I read a story in the International Harold Tribune
about a Chinese businessman who bought a tomato paste
factory in France. He could import Chinese tomatoes
for less than the French could grow them. He still
looses money though, because by his own admission, he
did not understand French labor customs. I took that
to mean the French weren't going to be exploited like
their Chinese counterparts.

I was in Germany a few weeks ago visiting my
mother-in-law. It was harvest time for grapes and it
was Germans in the field doing the harvesting...no
immigrants. And, I didn't see where using
non-immigrant labor raised the price of the product.
You can buy a bottle for less than 5 Euro. And the
German standard of living is still pretty high.

Anthony

--- John Spiers wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Kids used to pick up a few thousand dollars doing
> this, but that was made illegal too.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lfpsm
>
> Think about all that water diverted, all that
> pesticide laid in, growth hormones applied... look
> forward to high priced fruit...
>
> John

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