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Multiple Texas Farms Shut Down After ‘Almost 100%’ Of Workforce Vanishes Overnight

Then you better read what I wrote again in my post #40.
I would then support levying a stiff fine for employing any person not legally entitled to work.
All you are suggesting is how to make hiring illegals a part of the cost of doing business.

You do not want to stop hiring illegals, just make it more expensive.
 
Because TACO has had to walk back almost everything. His latest waffle is deport ag/hotel workers....dont deport them...ok deport them :rolleyes:

And that will affect prices. He is on his knees begging they raise the fed interest rates...and look how nasty he's being to Powell because he wont save his ass from his own incompetency? TACO knows what's coming.
He wants Powell to lower interest rates and if an economic slowdown is coming, as you seem to believe, then lowering rates is the right thing to do.
 
He wants Powell to lower interest rates and if an economic slowdown is coming, as you seem to believe, then lowering rates is the right thing to do.
And what's the right thing to do if an economic slowdown occurs coupled with inflation?
 
He wants Powell to lower interest rates and if an economic slowdown is coming, as you seem to believe, then lowering rates is the right thing to do.
If an economic slowdown is NOT coming, as Trump says, and you seem to believe, why is lowering interests rates the right thing to do?
 
I reject the very idea of needing "permission" from the state to work a simple job.
Hell, you reject the very idea of needing permission to perform brain surgery. You've said anyone who wants to practice medicine, build a building, or fly a plane ought to be allowed to do it, regardless of their qualifications.
 
And what's the right thing to do if an economic slowdown occurs coupled with inflation?
Powell cut rates last August when we had a growing ecoomy and high inflation.
 
He wants Powell to lower interest rates and if an economic slowdown is coming, as you seem to believe, then lowering rates is the right thing to do.

Yes, he does. (y)You are repeating my post. And Powell is doing what's best for the country, not TACO...TACO's not handling that too well, he may end up having to confront his **** ups with the economy.
 
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If an economic slowdown is NOT coming, as Trump says, and you seem to believe, why is lowering interests rates the right thing to do?
Its not. I dont think that 5% interest rates are too high
 
Yes, he does. You are repeating my post.
No, you said the opposite actually, but I assumed it was a misstatement.
And Powell is doing what's best for the country, not TACO...TACO's not handling that too well, he may end up having to confront his **** ups with the economy.
Powell is not exempt from mistakes. He stayed too long at the party without raising rates and now he may be too long in lowering them. But as I said earlier, I dont think rates are too high or need to be cut
 
Powell cut rates last August when we had a growing ecoomy and high inflation.
Yes, I'd agree that may have been premature, but there were more variables in play than your oversimplification suggests. Inflation was starting to come down, the economic growth was slowing a bit, and the GDP was higher than expected. Lowering interest rates in that environment didn't seem like a mistake even if hindsight might tell us otherwise. It probably would have been prudent to wait longer, but there was less uncertainty in August 2024 compared to April-June 2025.
 
So Trump is begging for lower interest rates why?
He wants the stimulus that lower rates will provide. He would probably like a return to QE as well. Plus lower interest rates means lower borrowing cost not just for the public but for the government debt. Lower rates and you lower the deficit.
 
He wants the stimulus that lower rates will provide. He would probably like a return to QE as well. Plus lower interest rates means lower borrowing cost not just for the public but for the government debt. Lower rates and you lower the deficit.
And why do you support him?
 
And why do you support him?
Because I agree with him way more than I agree with the left. There are things I agree with traditional liberals on. But I agree with nothing coming out of the woke left.
 
Well, if the workers are legal as you claim , why are they not showing up for worK?

Ice is detaining and marking Green Card holders for Deportation to make their quotas.
 
He wants the stimulus that lower rates will provide. He would probably like a return to QE as well. Plus lower interest rates means lower borrowing cost not just for the public but for the government debt. Lower rates and you lower the deficit.


The fed only directly influences short term interest rates, long term debt is more set by the open market ( at least when the fed is not monetizing the debt, ie buying government bonds)
 

n a stunningly swift overnight change, some Texas farm operations had to shut down after losing virtually all of their workforce, an exodus triggered by the increase in immigration raids and increased enforcement. The ripple effects of these raids are the gift that keeps on giving and will be felt nationwide: unpicked crops are now left unharvested, livestock were left untended, and rural economies are on edge.

This story isn’t just a tale of woe for Texan farms; it's a warning for American agribusiness, food prices, and the communities that keep food on our plates. So, let's examine what effect these raids have on agriculture, livestock, workers, and the American public.

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Expect higher prices in grocery stores all over the country...
Do you remember reading about what happened when the slaves were freed? Entire plantations shut down and good.

You're making a pro slavery argument I don't know if you're aware of that. Back during emancipation they were asking who will pick the cotton if we free slaves it's history repeating.
 
No, you said the opposite actually, but I assumed it was a misstatement.

No, I didint. You read what you wanted to read.

Powell is not exempt from mistakes. He stayed too long at the party without raising rates and now he may be too long in lowering them. But as I said earlier, I dont think rates are too high or need to be cut

Please show us all how Powell is wrong. Explain?
 
Do you remember reading about what happened when the slaves were freed? Entire plantations shut down and good.

You're making a pro slavery argument I don't know if you're aware of that back during emancipation they were saying who will pick the cotton if we free slaves it's history repeating.
Excellent point. The left isnt actually concerned about the well being of these migrants, they just want cheap fruit and vegetables and people to cut their lawn on a hot summer afternoon. And, being the political vampires that they are, they need migrants to prop up their foundering Social Security system. If they are being raped or abused or trafficked or grossly underpaid, the libs couldnt care less.
 
Because I agree with him way more than I agree with the left. There are things I agree with traditional liberals on. But I agree with nothing coming out of the woke left.


I'd like to see a break down of the differences between a "traditional liberal" and a "woke left."

I'm a traditional liberal and have been all my life, But Americans brand "woke" ideas I and my peers have held for decades. Typical of the right, you brand what you clearly do not understand, declare it evil and go back to worshiping 1950's principals.

There was a time in America, and not all that long ago that unemployment insurance was declare 'communist' and I don't see much change.
 

n a stunningly swift overnight change, some Texas farm operations had to shut down after losing virtually all of their workforce, an exodus triggered by the increase in immigration raids and increased enforcement. The ripple effects of these raids are the gift that keeps on giving and will be felt nationwide: unpicked crops are now left unharvested, livestock were left untended, and rural economies are on edge.

This story isn’t just a tale of woe for Texan farms; it's a warning for American agribusiness, food prices, and the communities that keep food on our plates. So, let's examine what effect these raids have on agriculture, livestock, workers, and the American public.

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Expect higher prices in grocery stores all over the country...
Must have been illegals with forged documents.
 
No, I didint. You read what you wanted to read.



Please show us all how Powell is wrong. Explain?

Because TACO has had to walk back almost everything. His latest waffle is deport ag/hotel workers....dont deport them...ok deport them :rolleyes:

And that will affect prices. He is on his knees begging they raise the fed interest rates...and look how nasty he's being to Powell because he wont save his ass from his own incompetency? TACO knows what's coming.
 
Excellent point. The left isnt actually concerned about the well being of these migrants, they just want cheap fruit and vegetables and people to cut their lawn on a hot summer afternoon.
The Republicans up until Trump wanted that too if you remember correctly George Bush Jr opposed the wall and Nancy pelosi was supporting it and neither one of them cares they just want to be against each other.
And, being the political vampires that they are, they need migrants to prop up their foundering Social Security system.
I really don't think they even think that far I think what they're seeing is most illegals are probably from South America and therefore not white. And they've gotten this idea that white is bad.
If they are being raped or abused or trafficked or grossly underpaid, the libs couldnt care less.
What would be a much worse thing would be to grant them amnesty. Then they would all have to be paid the same as Americans and that would also cripple these farms because they're not hiring Americans because they want to underpay people.
 
@Fletch ah yes, that is a typo.

So...then you basically just repeated what I wrote (which you said you assumed)

Now please explain how Powell is wrong?
 
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