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What would many of these welfare,foodstamp and housing recipients be doing during the off season?Still on welfare,housing and foodstamps.So it won't hurt them to relocate to where there farm work is. Instead of being on full food stamps/welfare and housing assistance for 12 months a year they will be on full food stamp,welfare and housing assistance s 8-9 months a year.And a increase of population in those rural areas would entice companies to build houses and set up more businesses in those areas.Farm labor is not regular work. A lot of it is seasonal iirc. So it could end up being a matter of uprooting your family etc for a few months work and then being left w/o a place to live or a job.
Not sure that it's the best move on a macro or micro level to uproot your life and family for a couple months work.
Something needs to change as the current system is not working.
But I am not sure that a migration from the cities to the farmlands for a few m,onths work is going to be a good idea for anyone involved. We'd end up with these small rural communities filled with unemployed city-folk for the other 9 months (or w/e) of the year. I suspect that these small towns and smaller cities are not equipped for that sort of an influx.
The current system is built around the migrant labor force who move from town to town following the various harvest seasons.
The current system needs to change. I agree with that.
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