Reply #24: well... let's see $6.75 in the hot sun with no guarantee of [View All]

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regular work or $5.00/hr in retail or fast food for a guarantee of 30-35 hour work week that would last for over 1 year. Let me think... $6.75/hr for several weeks (you only need the extra labor during the harvest and definitely not during winter) or $5.00/hr for a year. Hot sun vs air conditioning. Heavy lifting vs non heavy lifting.

It doesnt take an Einstein to figure out that you gotta be offering something like $10/hr. to get a US citizen to take a non permanent job with heavy labor.

I had to make choices like that as a college student. Temp secretary in decent office vs house cleaning. It wasnt hard to take a job as a temp.