Lou Dobbs Poll:How much more would you be willing to pay each year

[cal04]

How much more would you be willing to pay each year for fruits and vegetables if it would improve working conditions and raise wages for farm workers?

$0 8%
58 votes

$10 a year 5%
34 votes

$20 a year 9%
61 votes

$50 a year 22%
155 votes

$100 a year 57%
409 votes
Total: 717 votes

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/

[babylonsister]

1. Lou, Lou, Lou, get a life please! There's a war going on,

we need healthcare, the prez is a putz! Why don't you concentrate on something else?

[joemurphy]

2. I'd pay $10.00 to be free of Lou and his inane polls. n/t

[Sufi Marmot]

3. Isn't this poll entirely meaningless?

Like most CNN polls, the terms are so poorly defined that the poll is meaningless. How do they define "improve working conditions" and "raise wages"? Would I pay $100 a year more if workers only got a 10 cents per hour raise? No. Would I pay that much if it meant they would make $15 an hour with health care benefits? Definitely.

-SM, who would be curious to see how many Americans would sign up to do manual agricultural labor for $15/hr plus health care...

[Blue_Tires]

7. it is kinda vague

i'd rather see the workers unionized

[0007]

10. They were once under Cesar Chavez. UFA

United Farm Workers

Before he got the union going, everyone was saying know one would be able to afford perishables. Mr. Chavez proved them wrong.

[Blue_Tires]

13. lol...yeah, they did use that line before

[Kurovski]

18. The poll was in response to a report that revealed $10 a year more

to our food bill would raise wages to a decent standard.

As Dobbs said--not high enough, but survivable.

Sometimes the polls relate so directly to a story that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense out of context.

[Sapphire Blue]

4. Lou, post the question "Should CEOs continue to receive skyrocketing...

... salaries, while workers can barely feed their families w/disgracefully low wages (kept low so that the CEO's salaries can continue to skyrocket)?"

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. He's had polls about this before (nm)

:)

[lovuian]

5. I want decent wages and so does Lou!!! God Bless him!!!

This man does have the pulse on what is making Americans ticked off

destruction of the middle class and selling of America...

[Kurovski]

6. It is actually only $10 a year per consumer that would be enough

to raise the standard of living in workers enough to at least raise wages out of the "slave" category.

Seems like it would be within our grasp to turn things around pretty quickly. we'd have to demand it from lawmakers, forcing companies to do the right thing with laws.

Lou is disgusted with corporate abuse of farm workers.

And all the folks who pretend they watch the show, or are paid/unpaid detractors of Dobbs because he slams BushCo, or harbor paranoid fantasies about Dobbs' agenda, are working against justice and resolution in the whole situation, IMO.

Unions would help.

[FloridaPat]

8. The fruits & veggies in the grocery store are terrible. The fruit isn't

ripe and tastes like it. The veggies are old as the hills - for a veggie. I can't eat the stuff. I hate unripe fruit and when I take it home to ripen, it rots first. I'd give $100 a year just to have edible food in a grocery store. I even got a t-bone steak once that had no taste.

Which is why I bought a lot of land in Florida to grow my of fruits and veggies.

[KittyWampus]

12. One of highest costs in our food is transportation.Eat locally grown food

that's in season. You'll be happier and healthier. :)

[ThomWV]

11. Look At That Fucking Curve!

It tells you all you need to know about Americans. We are indeed a generous and caring people, given the choice.

[ClintonTyree]

14. When responding to an anonymous poll anyway.....

now if Ethyl comes home from the store and tells Herb that lettuce went up 25 cents a head they'd be writing their congress-critter about wanting to cut all the social programs for those lazy immigrant farm workers. This is a "feel good" poll, designed to make people feel all noble, warm and fuzzy. In real life they'd be having a shit-fit. :shrug:

[Moderately Moderate]

15. It would be a lot more than any of those

But we pay it in taxes anyways when we pay for the health care for illegals, their schooling, etc. We may as well pay it straight to the Americans instead of wasting it on felons.

[Reciprocity]

16. You can write me down for a $100.00

How much more would you be willing to pay each year for fruits and vegetables if it would improve working conditions and raise wages for farm workers?

$0
6%
478 votes

$10 a year
4%
317 votes

$20 a year
9%
748 votes

$50 a year
20%
1625 votes

$100 a year
62%
5095 votes

Total: 8263 votes

[misternormal]

17. This poll is bullshit... look at the dairy industry...

... How much are all of you paying for milk now, upwards of $3.00 a gallon or more??? And how much more are the dairy farmers making???

They don't make squat...

Dairy farms close every day because they can't make a living at it.. The advertisers and the middle men make all the money... So the bottom line is... the farm workers won't get dick, or will get the dick, depending on your point of view, no matter how much more we are willing to pay for the produce.