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"We have a huge unemployment problem with black youth in our cities. Put them on buses, take them out there [to the farms] and pay them a decent wage; they will work."

— New York congressional candidate Jack Davis, a Republican, on his plan to create jobs in upstate New York. Davis is running to replace Rep. Chris Lee, who resigned last month after posting shirtless pictures of himself on Craigslist.

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24. dustnshavings said: I could read racism into this, but I won’t. In today’s farms, I have no idea what jobs he thinks are available. Furthermore, he’s going to have to come up with some money for wages for the youths and for the farmer suckered into training them.
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    Edit “Offer our youth an opportunity in living wage, green jobs and provide them transportation back and forth to those...

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