Thread: Jobless rate hits 41% in Calif. farm town

Jobless rate hits home in Calif. farm town

In Mendota, 41% are out of work

By Chris Collins

THE FRESNO BEE
2:00 a.m. March 30, 2009

MENDOTA – The customer seemed interested in a black blouse offered for $1 at the thrift store. But instead of buying it, she set it on the front counter.

Maybe tomorrow, she told the cashier, she would have the money. Or the next day. But not now.

“That is the way people are now,â€

Mendota is worse than Tijuana! I suppose it's like a Mexican village, I'm not sure since I've never been to a Mexican village.

Interesting.... you mean the California farmers are having troubles. Personal gardens are a must for all Americans from now on.

Hillary already set the stage for us getting blamed for everything wrong with the world, starting with our "addiction to drugs." Next thing you know we will be guilty of turning these folks into depressed alcoholics because of the drought. I am getting pretty tired of this, and in my book, the Calif. drought is an act of God, not the current or previous administrations on any levels.

Mendota, California -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMendota is a city in Fresno County, California, United States.

The population was 9752 at the 2006 census.

The State Routes 180 and 33 run through the ...

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Gee, I never would have guessed!

Hispanic (94.7%)
Other race (63.1%) What's the other race? Is Anchor-Baby a race?
Two or more races (6.7%)
White Non-Hispanic (3.1%)
American Indian (1.8%)
Black (0.7%)


Imagine how much water there would be for the true residents of CA if the illegals left. Same with gas and power. Here we are trying to lower how much we use and we let 30-40 million people stay here illegally.

Our country has turned into a welfare country for anyone who wants to sneak in. How do those numbers add up? Does our government know math?

Originally Posted by WorriedAmerican

Our country has turned into a welfare country for anyone who wants to sneak in. How do those numbers add up? Does our government know math?[/b]

Sure, they know that more illegals = more people dependent on them and more voters. That is the only math traitors know!!!

This is the area of CA. where a lot of these crops grow and are shipped nation wide.

California Food Facts

California has been the number one food and agricultural producer in the United States for more than 50 consecutive years.

More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables come from here.

California is the nation's number one dairy state.

California's leading commodity is milk and cream. Grapes are second.

California's leading export crop is almonds.

Nationally, products exclusively grown (99% or more) in California include almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins, clovers, and walnuts.

From 70 to 80% of all ripe olives are grown in California.

California is the nation's leading producer of strawberries, averaging 1.4 billion pounds of strawberries or 83% of the country's total fresh and frozen strawberry production. Approximately 12% of the crop is exported to Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Japan primarily. The value of the California strawberry crop is approximately $700 million with related employment of more than 48,000 people.

California produces 25% of the nation's onions and 43% of the nation's green onions.

Gilroy, California, "Garlic Capitol of the World."

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/californ ... facts.html

"More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, come from CA."

I think we all knew that!

Originally Posted by WorriedAmerican

"More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, come from CA."

I think we all knew that! 8O

Can you get any more childish and immature?