Farm Labor Shortage Worst EVER!

In our never ending zeal to bring you stories with the words 'ever' and 'never'....we have a new headline coming out of CA today;

California Farm Labor Shortage 'Worst It's Been, Ever'

There's a different sort of drought plaguing California, the nation's largest farm state. It's $38 billion agricultural sector is facing a scarcity of labor.

"This year is the worst it's been, ever," said Craig Underwood, who farms everything from strawberries to lemons to peppers, carrots, and turnips in Ventura County.

Some crops aren't get picked this season due to a lack of workers.

"We just left them in the field," he said.

The lack of workers is forcing farmers to pay more. In one of Underwood's fields, pickers are harvesting peppers for $9.25 a hour, or $5 a bucket, whichever is more. Craig Underwood said his workforce is aging and starting to retire, and no one is coming in to replace them.

When asked if any local residents have come out to apply to work in the fields, Craig Underwood replied, "None. Absolutely none." He is even having trouble finding truck drivers and other semi-skilled labor for jobs that pay $12-$18 an hour.

He wishes the labor dilemma, which extends beyond California, would get the attention of the presidential campaign, but it hasn't.

While standing in a field of peppers, Underwood realizes even if he doesn't have enough labor to pick his crop, Americans will still have food.

"It'll just be grown in Mexico," he said. "Or China."

Here;  http://www.cnbc.com/id/48725145

So I'm not really sure how this article relates to Bible prophecy...but let's take a shot.

Apostle Paul said that “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10)  I put a paragraph in bold above that NONE of the locals have showed up to fill any of the job openings....and yet CA claims to have over 8% unemployment?

Why would the locals show up to apply for a job working in a hot field, picking peppers for $10 per hour when they can sit at home in the AC, sipping a Coke and watching Oprah while they await the government to credit their Food Stamp card, pay their rent with Section 8, and wait for the unemployment check to show up?

Why?  Because they aren't hungry.

"Who needs God?....we have the government to care for us!  That's why we elected them in the first place!"

As the farmer quoted above realizes, even if no one shows up to pick his crops and they rot in the field, Americans will still have food.  It will just be grown in Mexico or China and shipped over here.

Can you sense an epic disaster brewing here?  Can you sense that something is dreadfully wrong?

"Hey Dennis!  Why don't you quit all the belly aching and negative thinking?  Don't you know this is 'stinkin' thinkin'?  Don't you realize this is America and we will always be wealthy, well fed and buy whatever we want whenever we want it??  Dude...you sound like my great grandpa!"