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In this photo taken on Friday Nov. 25, 2011, field worker Jose Contreras, 31, carries sugar cane stalks.
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In this picture taken on Friday Nov. 25, sugar cane worker Valerisimo Moran drinks water after finishing his work day.
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A foreman writes down the quantity of sugar cane cut by workers at the end of a work day.
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Sugar cane cutters leave the field at the end of a work day.
Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on sugarcane:
Sugarcane is harvested by hand and mechanically. Hand harvesting accounts for more than half of production, and is dominant in the developing world. In hand harvesting, the field is first set on fire. The fire burns dry leaves, and kills any lurking venomous snakes, without harming the stalks and roots. Harvesters then cut the cane just above ground-level using cane knives or machetes. A skilled harvester can cut 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of sugarcane per hour.
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At least there working for a living. Ask an American to work like that to be able to eat and see what result you get.
I completely agree with you. Americans use to not mind working for a living but most have been handed everything for nothing for so many years now that they have become to lazy to do a days worth of hard work for a days worth of money. Even my own children for example, I tried to give my children all the things that I thought would make life easier and better for them not realizing that I was making things much harder for them. I gave them toys and games that made them lazy, they rarely had to do anything that would be considered work, nothing harder than carrying the garbage out and keeping their rooms clean enough that they could walk thru them and even then they got paid $10 weekly for that and if they mowed the yard it was another $10 or more for that and they hated mowing the yard but for the extra money they done it complaining the whole time. Now grown they work when they have to, but still would much rather be handed to. I'm sorry I tried to give them everything now, But I guess we as older Americans are learning that no matter how badly we may hate to admit it.
The weak sisters at the OWS clusterf*cks should take a good look at these pics...The crap they & and the leftists spew, if actualized would have us all in this boat. Rather than try to lift the rest of the world up, they just keep on working to bring the US down. The easiest way to solve our illegal immigration problem is to let the left have their way; no one will clamor to get in once they turn the USA into a second rate nation set adrift from the constitution. The work ethic exhibited in these cane fields is so rare here now.
I think as Americans we should always think how blessed we are and honor everything we have, not just take it for granted. I lived most of my life outside US and I can understand the difference between being blessed here in US vs suffering somewhere else. Unfortunatley not most of Americans do.
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