Schwarzenegger: corporatism for corrupt growers

California's Mexico-linked governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has shown himself to be a true humanitarian:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday that Escondido would get one of several temporary "one-stop" assistance centers aimed at helping agricultural workers who may have lost their jobs because of freezing temperatures that have hit the state... Darrel Ng, a spokesman for the governor, said the assistance centers would help farm, nursery and field workers sign up for unemployment benefits, find other work, get food stamps and find health care assistance, if they had lost their jobs...

What a humanitarian! I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with him attempting to keep a workforce for corrupt growers around, rather than (for instance) Mexico stepping in and offering to repatriate their citizens who are here illegally. Politically-connected growers - such as those who accompanied Arnie on his Big Trip to Mexico - no doubt had nothing to do with this gesture, and this is not an example of corporatism with a smiley face.

Of course, if our media worked, they might look into the connections that Arnie and the Bush administration have to growers, they might reveal which growers went with him on his trip, and they might ask the Mexican government what they intend to do to help their citizens (see, for instance, "California freeze leaves migrant farm laborers out of work and money", link).

California · Thu, 01/25/2007 - 04:03 · · Importance: 1