American agriculture's (and construction, and hospitality industry) cynical reliance on undocumented workers they can, and do, treat as slave labor, is why we are where we are. Anybody crying about losing their workers is part of this system. Our broken immigration system is broken for a reason, namely to fuel the neo-slavery that greedy and lazy employers use to control labor. It isn't just America either. https://youtu.be/vCVyhqgO8a4?si=XeEGxmCPKzAMijMB
@hasani@inthehands But they do pay for it. With investment capital. A company saying " we are going to hire 100,000 employees at an annual cost of $2B will get HAMMERED. A company bragging they will replace 100,000 employees at an annual cost of $20B gets showered with venture capital and billions o stock increase.
@FinchHaven@heidilifeldman And i have said it before but will beat the dead horse again: Absolutely nothing Biden did would have been even a temporary roadblock if Trump was elected. He has pardoned every convicted pal or follower. He has appointed many of them to positions of power. He ignores laws, ignores ethics, treaties, everything. Arewe supposed to criticize Biden for this now? Really? What a sad joke.
What #Trump is doing with the #Tariffs is another grift, yeah, maybe the largest one in world history. It's the opposite of a #PumpAndDump, they are wrecking the entire market and economy, top to bottom, so they can pick up every corporation, business, asset, property, farm, home in America at rockbottom prices, then lift the tarriffs and reap the profits. It's more like a giant #Pottersville. At that point they have no need for laws, just private armies to enforce their decrees. #WhiteSupremacy
@WarnerCrocker Fair, but it has always been the case that politicians are not superheroes who would save us from the forces of darkness. Saving America has always been on citizens. It is pure laziness to pass it on to politicians.
@br00t4c The only Latino voters, according to one outlier exit poll (not including Spanish speaking voters), who did not vote for Harris was Latino men 54/44, Latino women voted Harris 58/39. But wait! There's more! This AP exit poll shows Latino support of Harris at 56%/42%. If Black and Brown voters chose our president, it would be #KamalaHarris https://www.as-coa.org/articles/how-latinos-voted-2024-us-presidential-election
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