Subject: Granny, Go Pick Those Tomatoes!
Brooke Rollins, US farm secretary, says there'll be 'no amnesty' for farmworkers from deportation and that slackers on Medicaid will be out picking tomatoes and strawberries: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."

There are 34 million able-bodied slackers on Medicaid?

Umm, lessee.

Just over 31.2 million people ages 19 to 64 were enrolled in Medicaid in 2023, KFF found. More than 2.4 million of them were also covered by Medicare, and 2.7 million received disability benefits from Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits. Excluding those two groups of people, who presumptively have disabilities that would exempt them from the work requirements, leaves 26.1 million enrollees. Among that group, 11.5 million worked full time (44.1%) and 5.1 million worked part time (19.5%).

Of the 9.5 million people who didn’t work, 3.2 million cited caregiving responsibilities as a reason, while 1.7 million said they were in school and 2.6 million cited illness or disability.

Unless Rollins plans on sending Grandmas and Grandpas in their late 50s -- and 60s and older -- out into the fields, your fruit and vegetables are going to rot on the vine.

https://www.pewresearch.org/sh...