09-28-2010, 02:44 PM
Dakota wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
You DO know that most Americans aren't 'migratory'. Right ?
Your last statement couldn't be more false. How was this country settled in the first place? It is long way from Plymouth Rock to Los Angeles. I alone traveled thousands of miles to get here. I can and will move again if I have to.
Dakota-
I'm afraid that the "Pioneer Spirit" is pretty well gone.. due to a lack of 'frontiers' to be explored. Those of us with families, homes, etc. are working hard at keeping what we have. The Dust Bowl migrant workers were facing a binary solution set- migrate or starve to death. Barring some deliberate acts, I don't think any Americans have 'starved to death' recently.
I will admit that I moved to a new city for a good job 15 years ago, with two children. After being un and under-employed for 3 years. I would do the same thing again if I had to, but not for a temporary job paying minimum wage- the cost would be too high.
Low wage jobs pull from the local workforce, or from a workforce that can move around and afford to live temporarily in a new town. To equate overall unemployment with job openings for migratory farm workers is disingenuous at best.