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Here's a thought....those drawing welfare in the state of AL should be REQUIRED to accept these jobs, or lose their welfare benefits for refusing to accept available work!

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Here's a thought....those drawing welfare in the state of AL should be REQUIRED to accept these jobs, or lose their welfare benefits for refusing to accept available work!

I totally agree, but we should also insist that prison labor pick the crops too, and many prisoners are illegals!!! Haha! And they have experiece in picking crops!!

Originally Posted by Achilles

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Here's a thought....those drawing welfare in the state of AL should be REQUIRED to accept these jobs, or lose their welfare benefits for refusing to accept available work!

I totally agree, but we should also insist that prison labor pick the crops too, and many prisoners are illegals!!! Haha! And they have experiece in picking crops!!

Ditto that! Agree 100%

Gross, I don't trust a prisoner, unless they have been thoroughly, thoroughly, thooooroughly screened. The image of dope, and stabbings come to mind. I'd rather see kids, or unemployed Americans doing the picking.

Originally Posted by JohnnyYuma

Gross, I don't trust a prisoner, unless they have been thoroughly, thoroughly, thooooroughly screened. The image of dope, and stabbings come to mind. I'd rather see kids, or unemployed Americans doing the picking.

Screened for what??? The prisoners that would be used would be 'minimum security' ones or those who were within 3 months of their release date. If we used more dangerous prisoners, they could work under armed supervision (I will volunteer and so would our Airborne Sapper!) or on a chain gaing!

I have no idea of what kind of prisoners are used for work, so...

Originally Posted by JohnnyYuma

I have no idea of what kind of prisoners are used for work, so...

What difference would it make?? What are you worried about??

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Dope and stabbings come to mind when I think of illegal invaders, so what's the difference? At least with prisoners, they’ll likely be American citizens. As far as "screening" goes, most prisoner will be far better screened than some border jumper picking our crops. Using prison labor is a vast improvement over illegal invader labor for many reasons.

Another reason is economical. They can pay a prisoner 8 cents an hour, which in turn, should lower the retail cost to the consumer. The illegal invader huggers love to hold America hostage, with threats of "$10.00 heads of lettuce" if we dare enforce our immigration law. The use of prison labor would eliminate that fallacious argument immediately.

If I had a choice, I would choose welfare recipients and out of work Americans to pick our crops. But I have no problems with prisoners being utilized either.