Blame the laws of economics. There is no difference between a carrot or apple grown in your state, and a carrot or apple grown in Honduras, or Chile. The next time you go to the grocery store, check the produce to see where it came from.

Farm work has always meant low pay. A century ago, people were complaining about low wages, and the high rents tenant farmers had to pay. (The Green Country Rebellion here in Oklahoma was almost a 100 years ago.)

I'm not arguing for tariffs on foreign-grown produce, by any means. But getting rid of the minimum wage, the Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration, would certainly help.

Onward and upward,
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