[Joe Wicked]

Jamo,
I too understand the Ag stuff as I grew up on farms in Nebraska. My family was all small farms and did not hire out during harvest season. Farms were just big enough to support a family. The larger farms though would contract out to firms that came through at harvest season. Small towns would grow expedentially with Spanish speaking "Citizens" for about a month then go back to normal. Now it is smaller crews of mostly white guys that are charging almost double to do the same work. More and more are hiring local teenagers to help in harvesting. I know it is a lot different than the Cali farms, but I still feel that American would do the jobs, IF you get rid of the easy handout. That is the key. We have become lazy and don't want to actually work. Americans would start working harder labor if it was that or nothing. In that regard, I really like Excaliber's idea of, you take whatever is offered (assuming you are physically capable) and your assistance only covers the difference in what you were making. If you don't take it, or get fired (not laid off) you get nothing until you find another job.