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    Lost User
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    Farms can't get UK workers[^]. Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

    Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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      Farms can't get UK workers[^]. Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

      Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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      because the people out of work aren't farmers or local?

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        because the people out of work aren't farmers or local?

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        Stan Shannon
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        Maxxx_ wrote:

        because the people out of work aren't farmers or local?

        Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though.

        Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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          Maxxx_ wrote:

          because the people out of work aren't farmers or local?

          Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though.

          Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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          Oakman
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          Stan Shannon wrote:

          Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though.

          And teach everyone to be a Jeffersonian?

          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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            Stan Shannon wrote:

            Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though.

            And teach everyone to be a Jeffersonian?

            Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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            Stan Shannon
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            Oakman wrote:

            And teach everyone to be a Jeffersonian?

            Of course. Every cloud has a silver lining.

            Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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              Farms can't get UK workers[^]. Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

              Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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              Christian Graus
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              Because they don't pay enough ? Farms are squeezed on all sides, as their suppliers tell them year after year they are paying less, or buying less from them.

              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                Oakman wrote:

                And teach everyone to be a Jeffersonian?

                Of course. Every cloud has a silver lining.

                Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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                Oakman
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                Stan Shannon wrote:

                Every cloud has a silver lining

                I understand that is what Microsoft is hoping.

                Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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                  Maxxx_ wrote:

                  because the people out of work aren't farmers or local?

                  Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though.

                  Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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                  Stan Shannon wrote:

                  the ground floor of the new agrarian economy

                  Hmmm - multi story farms> You may be onto something! link[^]

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                    Stan Shannon wrote:

                    Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though.

                    And teach everyone to be a Jeffersonian?

                    Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

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                    Oakman wrote:

                    Stan Shannon wrote: Might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the new agrarian economy though. And teach everyone to be a Jeffersonian?

                    Jeffersonian... so... we should get slaves for our multi-level farms?

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                    • L Lost User

                      Farms can't get UK workers[^]. Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

                      Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                      MrPlankton
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                      An acquaintance of mine was from Romania. Her brother comes to the US every year and goes to Ocean City, Maryland and washes dishes. He is an electrical engineer in Romania, but says he can make more money washing dishes in Ocean City during the summer than he can the rest of the year as an engineer in Romania. The government of Romania threatens the relatives (in Romania) of those who exceed their green card. Rather harshly I hear so they most always go back. Hosting government doesn’t have to worry too much about them staying. It’s been a few years (about 10) since I heard this, things maybe different now.

                      MrPlankton
                      “If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast.” William Tecumseh Sherman

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                      • L Lost User

                        Farms can't get UK workers[^]. Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

                        Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                        Trollslayer wrote:

                        Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

                        Because it takes a particular type of mental retartdation for Farm work that has been bred out of the UK populaiton by centuries of Industrialisation. ;) Actualy, is crappily paid and physically hard. Lifes a lot easier on the dole.

                        Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                          Farms can't get UK workers[^]. Now the question is, how come people are out of jobs when farmers are still trying to get local workers?

                          Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                          hairy_hats
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                          Because UK workers think that farm work is beneath them (wrong), hard work (right) and low-paid (possibly). The foreign workers on the farms here in Cornwall are all in contact by mobile, and are continuously checking how much different farmers are offering. If they here of a better offer elsewhere they will drop what they are doing and go to work at the other farm, leaving the original one in the lurch until the farmer offers more money, which he has to do if his crop isn't to go to waste.

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                            Because they don't pay enough ? Farms are squeezed on all sides, as their suppliers tell them year after year they are paying less, or buying less from them.

                            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

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                            KaRl
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                            Christian Graus wrote:

                            Farms are squeezed on all sides, as their suppliers tell them year after year they are paying less, or buying less from them

                            It's called 'free market' - Or the economical jungle, where the weak ones are predated by the stronger ones.

                            Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall? Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                              Because UK workers think that farm work is beneath them (wrong), hard work (right) and low-paid (possibly). The foreign workers on the farms here in Cornwall are all in contact by mobile, and are continuously checking how much different farmers are offering. If they here of a better offer elsewhere they will drop what they are doing and go to work at the other farm, leaving the original one in the lurch until the farmer offers more money, which he has to do if his crop isn't to go to waste.

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                              MidwestLimey
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                              So what you're saying is that these darn foreigners have a better grasp of capitalism then the average Brit?

                              Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                                So what you're saying is that these darn foreigners have a better grasp of capitalism then the average Brit?

                                Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                                hairy_hats
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                                Maybe, but we have a better grasp of the benefits system.

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