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  • From: sora AT coldreams.com
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 22, Issue 24
  • Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:50:52 -0800 (PST)

>. Working
> Hispanic people is no cheaper than working anybody else. We pay our
> workers
> from $6.50 - $8.00 hour. But they will do the work.
> I've spent many winters in Northern Mexico, where the people are still
as sweet as can be. The minimum wage is about $.50/hour and the skilled
worker is lucky to make $15 a day. I worked with several scientists
down there and even with Master's Degrees they were lucky to make $4000
per year.
American wages become mighty tempting, like enough to risk their lives
trying to cross the desert on foot.......




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