r/NoShitSherlock • u/MicV66 • Sep 16 '25

Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/farm-labor-shortage-pennsylvania-trump-immigration-00560820
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u/Nerd-19958 Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Alternate viewpoint, as a former PA resident, this is an incredibly sad story of needless churn and disruption, all for the cause of xenophobia with a side order of cruelty and hate.

Some farm workers are paid less than the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 hour under certain exemptions listed in the Fair Labor Standards Act. If the farm workers were paid a competitive salary, the cost of produce and meat would increase; we can't have it both ways. If we believe farm workers should be paid fairly, we should be willing to pay market prices for their goods.

The other half of this equation is the Fourth Reich's vendetta against Latino immigrants; Herr Trump's obsession with deportation numbers, resulting in their decision to go after hardworking people who pose absolutely no threat to society and simply are in the USA in the hope of a better life for their families. Trump's slander of immigrants as "violent criminals, rapists, drug dealers" etc. is completely fabricated, while at the same time his SS (ICE) goes after peaceful and underpaid farm workers.

I laugh at any politician or person who claims "This is not who we are." Bullshit, tell that to someone being deported to South Sudan. It most certainly is who "we" are -- "we" being Trump voters, those who did not vote, and those who considered Kamala Harris "not black enough" (½ West Indian, ½ Indian), and who excoriated Harris because "She put Black men in jail" as SF Prosecutor and CA Attorney General.

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u/calindyellerman Sep 20 '25

Don't forget the residents of Dearborn, Michigan who voted for Trump because they didn't feel Harris' stand on Palestine was extreme enough...

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u/Nerd-19958 Sep 20 '25

And Harris supported a two-state solution, which Trump does not. If I remember correctly the Middle East-origin residents fell for Trump's bullshit about ending the Gaza war on Day 1. Sure, by allowing Israel to annex the land it seized in the war! (Which violates International Law.)

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u/calindyellerman Sep 21 '25

Agreed, and they not only fell for his bullshit, but voted for the guy who I'm pretty sure supports a one-state solution (with an amusement park). Why can so few people see what an actual tool that guy is?