Dairy cows will be standing up with four legs in the air??

Growers worry about labor reform plans

By Amy D. Fienen
amyfienen@yahoo.com
New rules recently adopted by the federal government could have far-reaching effects for local Valley farmers who rely on the work of illegal immigrants.

On Aug. 10, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez announced a series of reforms the administration will pursue to address border security and immigration challenges in light of Congress'â„¢ failure to pass an immigration reform bill.

Beginning next month, the Social Security Administration will send employers a no-matchÂ

More fear tactics that's all.

My question is how do cows keep standing if their feet are in the air??? :lol:

ROFL, I was wondering the same thing! Those poor cows!

It's Friday...can't ya tell? We should have a poll for the stupidest news story of the week.

[quote]Unless Congress does something, people will either go broke because we don't have the labor force to do what needs to be done, or we will have to break the laws,Â

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Unless Congress does something, people will either go broke because we don't have the labor force to do what needs to be done, or we will have to break the laws,Â

:lol: If they were working on getting a legal workforce instead of whinning because they can no longer hire slaves there would be no losses.

Scare tatics is right ! Cry Me A River !!!!

I read an article that said, back in the days of Lincoln, people were saying if they freed the slaves they would have no one to work the fields, pick the cotton and on and on. The country would go under yadda yadda, but as you can see it didn't.

BULLCRAP!

Hire 40 citizens/LEGAL immigrants and pay them a DECENT wage!

This bullcrap is getting mighty old, the whining intolerable. If these people don't want to hire Americans/LEGAL immigrants, let them go out of business......or they can take their cows to Mexico.

I thought there are inventions like machines that milk cows. It's not our fault some stupid farmers want to live in the 7th century.

Give them a violin and some tissues. :lol:

My Brother in Law works for a CA dairy. This is all baloney, most of the "milkers" (that is the job title) are legal and make good money. All they do is hook the cow up to the milking machine.

Plus in many CA farming towns, the unemplyment rate is 25%! There are plenty of legal workers who could do most of these jobs.

I say, send prisoners to work at the dairies and on the farms and pay them the same wages as the illegal immigrants so they can help foot the bill for their own upkeep. That way we can "kill two birds with one stone". (I always hated that expression) Look at the money we can save for tax payers like "Me". Send the lllegal immigrants home and use our own resources in better ways and we probably won't even notice a difference.

Wah, wah,wah! More whining from those who have fattened their own purse with the spoils of illegal labor! Do it right, or don't do it at all. I feel sure there are enough legal workers to hook the cows up tho the milking machines. Lord, these people must believe the American people are really stupid!

IF THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAY IN BUSINESS WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW, THEN THEY ARE TOO STUPID TO BE IN BUSINESS.

[quote]8O I feel the (Bush) administration has put a knife in agri-business,Â