Once again, Governor Deal has put his political aspirations above the welfare of Georgia. Governor Deal has a short term memory apparently. In 2012, after enacting House Bill 87, a law designed to drive illegal immigrants out of Georgia, state officials were shocked to discover that HB 87 is, well, driving a lot of illegal immigrants out of Georgia... Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers were forced to leave millions of dollars worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It also put state officials into something of a panic at the damage theyve done to Georgias largest industry.... According to a survey of 230 Georgia farmers conducted by Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, farmers had expected to need more than 11,000 workers at some point over the rest of the 2012 season (a number that underestimated the real need, since not every farmer in the state responded to the survey). Bottom line: If youre not going to let illegal immigrants do the jobs they are currently being hired to do, then farmers will have to raise wages to replace them. Since farmers are taking a risk in hiring immigrant workers, you can bet they were getting a significant deal on wage costs relative to market wages. In all probability, the wages required to get workers to do the job are so high that it may be no longer profitable for farmers to plant the crops in the first place. Thanks Governor Deal.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:35:02 +0000
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