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82. You forgot to add exposure to lethal levels of pesticides. Healthy outdoor work, right?

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'I feel so stupid': Trump supporters 'tricked by the devil' now facing financial ruin [View all] Soph0571 May 2018 OP

Both of my nephews worked in a landscaping job in Minneapolis last summer greymattermom May 2018 #1

Perhaps you can contact these contractors and give them your ideas Dr_Pretorius May 2018 #42

"The newspaper interviewed multiple landscaping business owners Mariana May 2018 #44

Yeah, I got that part. Dr_Pretorius May 2018 #49

Some backbreaking jobs are hard to fill Generic Other May 2018 #54

The Seniors and disabled can go down the rows of tomatoes on their scooters Kittycow May 2018 #79

That's what Paul Ryan would undoubtedly like to see Generic Other May 2018 #94

You forgot to add exposure to lethal levels of pesticides. Healthy outdoor work, right? Hekate May 2018 #82

They're already decided not to pay a fair wage. It is very obvious. FSogol May 2018 #95

I don't know many college kids ending classes in March. LuvLoogie May 2018 #50

...ugh!! Racist/Fascist regret?? Docreed2003 May 2018 #2

+++ikr lunasun May 2018 #76

This is what they voted for! What part of "build the wall!!!!" did they miss? yardwork May 2018 #3

The Problem Roy Rolling May 2018 #35

Gee. Bummer. mountain grammy May 2018 #4

With GOP voters, as long as they get theirs, they support whatever sounds bad for people they hate AllyCat May 2018 #24

So your business depended on hiring people for lousy wages and conditions? BSdetect May 2018 #5

I imagine many landscape businesses are small time operations? Generic Other May 2018 #56

Three words: boo fucking hoo. Vinca May 2018 #6

I wonder if there is any way to get them to rethink their votes? Generic Other May 2018 #57

"I feel like I've been tricked by the devil," Devine admitted. Mariana May 2018 #61

We know they have made really bad choices for them and us Generic Other May 2018 #63

First, we find out if they're the slightest bit interested Mariana May 2018 #67

Will he vote for a Democrat next time? Generic Other May 2018 #68

Yep, I have a "conservative" friend who agrees with the Parkland kid on 9/10 bettyellen May 2018 #72

Free clue for losers from republican family-values role model, Dirty Donny* Achilleaze May 2018 #7

Putin's racist FB ads part of his plan to disrupt US economy & thus disrupt USA. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #8

Made possible by the GOP amplifying racism for forty years sharedvalues May 2018 #15

Sad, we should all send our thoughts and prayers. nt Laffy Kat May 2018 #9

Liked ... since the like button is gone Fullduplexxx May 2018 #13

Gone? A HERETIC I AM May 2018 #55

Link to origiinal article.. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #10

Kentucky landscapers can't find workers??? Where are all those out-of-work miners? Nay May 2018 #41

Well, they can't find workers willing to work for chump change. MineralMan May 2018 #58

The $12 or $17 per hour mentioned isn't bad -- better than min wage. But my Nay May 2018 #60

They can find them - they are undocumented immigrants treestar May 2018 #91

they think coal is coming back, they won't even retrain for anything else pstokely May 2018 #74

Oh, I know that. But if other sectors of workers sat and waited for THEIR jobs to Nay May 2018 #75

Tricked by the GOP PROPAGANDA MACHINE sharedvalues May 2018 #11

"Help! A leopard is biting my face off!" Girard442 May 2018 #12

How can you be so cruel rpannier May 2018 #38

I don't think this guy was tricked Renew Deal May 2018 #14

"Seasonal workers" aren't necessarily immigrants Mariana May 2018 #45

Sorry for their loss. joshcryer May 2018 #16

Thoughts and prayers. n/t sarge43 May 2018 #18

They seem to think it works wonders rpannier May 2018 #40

Yes. The evidence certainly supports the hypothesis. sarge43 May 2018 #46

Getting out the world's smallest violin to play "Our Hearts Pump Purple Piss for You". sarge43 May 2018 #17

Brainless knee-jerk ideologues bucolic_frolic May 2018 #19

oh well heaven05 May 2018 #20

That's just weapons-grade stupidity. dawg May 2018 #21

No trickery involved, fella. Don't blame the devil for... JHB May 2018 #22

Stupid people. They always whine about immigrants taking their jobs, OliverQ May 2018 #23

"Stupid is as stupid does"...Forrest Gump Perseus May 2018 #25

This is what you voted for, Ken "Choad" Monin . . . hatrack May 2018 #26

How about you pay more keepleft101 May 2018 #27

He can't Cartoonist May 2018 #30

$12/hour working five eight-hour days a week for a year - $24,960 hatrack May 2018 #31

Not to mention the perks Cartoonist May 2018 #32

Oh yeah - I'm sure health/dental and 401(k) are included for seasonal workers hatrack May 2018 #33

Gosh! You'd think all the unemployed MRA-type men ("We work the hard, dangerous Nay May 2018 #43

"Uh, suck it up buttercup" Rustynaerduwell May 2018 #28

His supporters take him seriously, but not literally. CincyDem May 2018 #29

If trump gets his way, we'll see our crops rot in the fields. alfredo May 2018 #34

There are DUers on this board hoping he stops the H1b guest worker program IronLionZion May 2018 #36

The migrant life sounds terrible. Kittycow May 2018 #80

Lost Art Of Bending Over: How Other Cultures Spare Their Spines IronLionZion May 2018 #83

Oh thanks for the article! Kittycow May 2018 #85

Awe, I bet he didn't get any pussy grabbing either... Hugin May 2018 #37

Republican policies kill people. PatrickforO May 2018 #39

But, some day, HRC will be in jail, right??? lindysalsagal May 2018 #47

He got his 2 seconds of Hillary Hate in on election day. Hugin May 2018 #73

Stuid is as stupid does. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #48

But .... but .... EMAILS!!! BENGHAZI!!! LOCK HER UP!!! Lil Missy May 2018 #51

Now facing financial ruin ,, GOOD ! Dumbass RWNJ's stonecutter357 May 2018 #52

This is hitting Florida DonCoquixote May 2018 #53

Even stuff like landscaping and handymen work. My brother finds it hard to find OnDoutside May 2018 #59

And let's be honest -- the farm workers ARE skilled labor Generic Other May 2018 #62

not to mention DonCoquixote May 2018 #69

Bingo! Generic Other May 2018 #70

Justice is finally served. Dawson Leery May 2018 #64

Awww poor babies Jake Stern May 2018 #65

Trump supporters are idiots and racists Gothmog May 2018 #66

They asked for it, they got it. And it wasn't Toyota. nt raccoon May 2018 #71

Where are all the American workers RandySF May 2018 #77

No shit. tazkcmo May 2018 #78

The result of the Trump/Russia/GOP 2016 orgy. oasis May 2018 #81

Ignoring the Trump aspect of this... Why does this guy need employees on H-2B visas? xor May 2018 #84

Fuck Them JI7 May 2018 #86

They wanted a change. They got it. lpbk2713 May 2018 #87

What did they think would happen?! Luciferous May 2018 #88

Things have changed since I was a kid. S.E. TN Liberal May 2018 #89

I agree. Lifelong Protester May 2018 #92

blame parents for spoiling their kids pstokely May 2018 #93

WHERE ARE MY SLAVES? Massah got his, and I backed him, so what about MINE??? VOX May 2018 #90

Fuck 'em... Even when they're right, it's for the completely wrong reasons... Blue_Tires May 2018 #96