Minimum Wage just went up to $11.50 in Washington State. The price of milk is $2.68 a Gallon.

[Fife]

I doubt any real Christian would support mass deportation of people.

What does "real" Christianity have to do with mass deportation? Explain.

[K@th]

I doubt any real Christian would support mass deportation of people.

What does "real" Christianity have to do with mass deportation? Explain.

Literally nothing. LOL.

[Okeefenokee]

I honestly think most men actually judge you by the woman on your arm more than anything, thus why the wealthy feel the need for trophy wives.

Marty's always talking about the male dominance hierarchy, but absent some sort of physical confrontation, sports or perhaps a fight, the pecking order is sussed out by the females, not the males, the females decide who is at the top of the pecking order, by choosing a male to mate with.

Women pay attention too. My aunt saw my wife serve my breakfast and coffee to me sitting at the table, and about hit the roof. "Who is he? Why does he get this treatment." When my wife saw her reaction, she started pouring it on. Big kiss on the cheek and a, "is there anything else I can get you?" I should have asked for a back rub.

I figure it's related to who's wearing the biggest rock on her finger.

[doc_loliday]

Good woman right there.

[Ph64]

No. It's been shown many times, that when farmers bring legal 'Merkan workers into the fields, they fall out within a week.
And nobody that's not third-world desperate would want to do the kind of work that Big Ag requires of them. 16-hour days, 7-day weeks for 2 months, then nothing, for less than min-wage.

I know someone online who has an Apple orchard, every year she hires some people for several weeks to help with the harvest. She has several older gentlemen, semi-retired in their 60s, who she says work their assets off (they get free apples along with what she can pay them). She's also hired quite a few young (18-20) "kids" to help - few come back for a second day, she said probably 30% of them say the want to run out for lunch and never come back.

[Smitty-48]

I honestly think most men actually judge you by the woman on your arm more than anything, thus why the wealthy feel the need for trophy wives.

Marty's always talking about the male dominance hierarchy, but absent some sort of physical confrontation, sports or perhaps a fight, the pecking order is sussed out by the females, not the males, the females decide who is at the top of the pecking order, by choosing a male to mate with.

Women pay attention too. My aunt saw my wife serve my breakfast and coffee to me sitting at the table, and about hit the roof. "Who is he? Why does he get this treatment." When my wife saw her reaction, she started pouring it on. Big kiss on the cheek and a, "is there anything else I can get you?" I should have asked for a back rub.

I figure it's related to who's wearing the biggest rock on her finger.

Indeed, the best way to attract women at a club, was always to show up with an attractive woman on your arm, then the henpecking starts, chicks moving in to take another chicks action, put a couple drinks into them, and suddenly you're having to fend them off just to get to the bar.

[Okeefenokee]

2. If American wages make produce unprofitable then it is truly folly to continue to produce it. Similar to complaining that without slave labor cotton is unprofitable. First, the assertion is likely incorrect. Second, propping up an industry that can only exist through exploitation of non-citizens is immoral.

Couldn't agree more. You can blame the FDA and Farm Acts for the current situation. Farming on anything less than an industrial scale is now impossible.

Bullshit.

Of the 2.1 million farms in the United States in 2012, 97 percent were family
owned operations. Eighty-eight percent of all farms were small family farms with
less than $350,000 in gross cash farm income. Mid-size and large family farms
accounted for 9 percent of farms. Only 3 percent of U.S. farms were not family
owned.

Small family farms together accounted for 58 percent of
direct-to-consumer sales, selling through farmers markets,
roadside farm stands, and community-supported agriculture
(CSA) arrangements. They accounted for 17 percent
of organic sales.

https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publicati ... yFarms.pdf

The 2007 Census of Agriculture shows an increase in the number of
small farms in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
defines small farms as farms with $250,000 or less in sales of agricultural
commodities. In 2007, there were 18,467 more small farms counted than
in 2002. It is important to understand the attributes and characteristics
of these farms and the role they play in the changing structure of U.S.
agriculture.

Nationally, 91 percent of all farms fall under the USDA small farm
definition, which are places that sell less than $250,000 in agricultural
products annually. The percentage of small farms is highest in the South
and New England.
There are 14 states where 95 percent or more of all farms are small.
West Virginia has the highest percentage of small farms. There are only
five states where less than 80 percent of all farms are small – Delaware,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa.

https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publicati ... l_farm.pdf

[K@th]

I figure it's related to who's wearing the biggest rock on her finger.

I've never had a rock and Nerd knows better than to spend crazy money on an object for me. We use extra funds for experiences. I don't get the whole bling thing, at all.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Couldn't agree more. You can blame the FDA and Farm Acts for the current situation. Farming on anything less than an industrial scale is now impossible.

Bullshit.

Of the 2.1 million farms in the United States in 2012, 97 percent were family
owned operations. Eighty-eight percent of all farms were small family farms with
less than $350,000 in gross cash farm income. Mid-size and large family farms
accounted for 9 percent of farms. Only 3 percent of U.S. farms were not family
owned.

Small family farms together accounted for 58 percent of
direct-to-consumer sales, selling through farmers markets,
roadside farm stands, and community-supported agriculture
(CSA) arrangements. They accounted for 17 percent
of organic sales.

https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publicati ... yFarms.pdf

The 2007 Census of Agriculture shows an increase in the number of
small farms in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
defines small farms as farms with $250,000 or less in sales of agricultural
commodities. In 2007, there were 18,467 more small farms counted than
in 2002. It is important to understand the attributes and characteristics
of these farms and the role they play in the changing structure of U.S.
agriculture.

Nationally, 91 percent of all farms fall under the USDA small farm
definition, which are places that sell less than $250,000 in agricultural
products annually. The percentage of small farms is highest in the South
and New England.
There are 14 states where 95 percent or more of all farms are small.
West Virginia has the highest percentage of small farms. There are only
five states where less than 80 percent of all farms are small – Delaware,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa.

https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publicati ... l_farm.pdf

$250,000 in gross sales.

That's a very small farm indeed. Probably run by the kids on weekends.

[SuburbanFarmer]

No. It's been shown many times, that when farmers bring legal 'Merkan workers into the fields, they fall out within a week.
And nobody that's not third-world desperate would want to do the kind of work that Big Ag requires of them. 16-hour days, 7-day weeks for 2 months, then nothing, for less than min-wage.

I know someone online who has an Apple orchard, every year she hires some people for several weeks to help with the harvest. She has several older gentlemen, semi-retired in their 60s, who she says work their assets off (they get free apples along with what she can pay them). She's also hired quite a few young (18-20) "kids" to help - few come back for a second day, she said probably 30% of them say the want to run out for lunch and never come back.

And that's probably in a mild climate, given that it's apples. The guys doing that shit in Florida are super-human.