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Welcome to the reality of the US federal government not even trying to do something like GDPR.

paulryanrogers 5mo ago
The dysfunction is intentional. Baby steps to rollback ACA. Every small inconvenience pushes voters closer to their side.
- teaearlgraycold 5mo ago
  So many things are intentionally broken. All of the complaints about illegal immigrants working on our farms, and yet no mention that we do have a migratory laborer visa - it's just the quota is way too low.
  - Amezarak 5mo ago
    People complaining about illegal immigrants doing farm labor mostly don’t want you to simply give them paperwork making them legal, they want the pipeline of migrant labor restricted so labor prices are forced to rise enough to make the jobs worthwhile for citizens. I’ve noticed this is a common disconnect.
    - fwipsy 5mo ago
      What wage would they have to pay you to pick berries? I suspect it's cheaper to automate these jobs (developing the tech to do so as necessary) rather than raising wages so US citizens take the job. These really aren't desirable jobs by US standards, and automation is already underway. Edit: I acknowledge that you're just explaining a viewpoint and you don't necessarily hold it.
      - throwaway85825 5mo ago
        Current labor costs are too low preventing the necessary investment in automation.
  - WillPostForFood 5mo ago
    The migratory labor visa is not being ignored - a lot of action on that front. Some of it is stuck because of stalled budget negotiations. A full exemption of the cap for returning workers passed the house, but in the meantime, cap has been doubled. https://www.epi.org/blog/rider-in-the-house-homeland-security-appropriations-bill-would-increase-the-number-of-workers-in-the-h-2b-visa-program-by-113000/ https://www.epi.org/blog/rider-in-the-house-homeland-securit... https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-workers/h-2b-non-agricultural-workers/temporary-increase-in-h-2b-nonimmigrant-visas-for-fy-2026 https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary...
- mekdoonggi 5mo ago
  Republicans have the easiest playbook. 1. Break government 2. "See? Government never works!" 3. Profit 4. Repeat Parasites.
  - jvanderbot 5mo ago
    Well it's often slightly more ideological than that. Old school conservatives believed on principle that government should not be in this sort of business no matter how tempting it was. They had good, justified reasons for those beliefs, not just some vague evilness (not that one is forced to agree just because they have real justification). Maybe it's always been the case, but it sure seems like it's just momentum and reflex at this point.

The dysfunction is intentional. Baby steps to rollback ACA. Every small inconvenience pushes voters closer to their side.

teaearlgraycold 5mo ago
So many things are intentionally broken. All of the complaints about illegal immigrants working on our farms, and yet no mention that we do have a migratory laborer visa - it's just the quota is way too low.
- Amezarak 5mo ago
  People complaining about illegal immigrants doing farm labor mostly don’t want you to simply give them paperwork making them legal, they want the pipeline of migrant labor restricted so labor prices are forced to rise enough to make the jobs worthwhile for citizens. I’ve noticed this is a common disconnect.
  - fwipsy 5mo ago
    What wage would they have to pay you to pick berries? I suspect it's cheaper to automate these jobs (developing the tech to do so as necessary) rather than raising wages so US citizens take the job. These really aren't desirable jobs by US standards, and automation is already underway. Edit: I acknowledge that you're just explaining a viewpoint and you don't necessarily hold it.
    - throwaway85825 5mo ago
      Current labor costs are too low preventing the necessary investment in automation.
- WillPostForFood 5mo ago
  The migratory labor visa is not being ignored - a lot of action on that front. Some of it is stuck because of stalled budget negotiations. A full exemption of the cap for returning workers passed the house, but in the meantime, cap has been doubled. https://www.epi.org/blog/rider-in-the-house-homeland-security-appropriations-bill-would-increase-the-number-of-workers-in-the-h-2b-visa-program-by-113000/ https://www.epi.org/blog/rider-in-the-house-homeland-securit... https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-workers/h-2b-non-agricultural-workers/temporary-increase-in-h-2b-nonimmigrant-visas-for-fy-2026 https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary...
mekdoonggi 5mo ago
Republicans have the easiest playbook. 1. Break government 2. "See? Government never works!" 3. Profit 4. Repeat Parasites.
- jvanderbot 5mo ago
  Well it's often slightly more ideological than that. Old school conservatives believed on principle that government should not be in this sort of business no matter how tempting it was. They had good, justified reasons for those beliefs, not just some vague evilness (not that one is forced to agree just because they have real justification). Maybe it's always been the case, but it sure seems like it's just momentum and reflex at this point.