Monday, August 25, 2008

When you first come, you realize immediately why they left

--- Water Laumb, a herdsman from Minnesota, describing a visit to his Mexican employees' home village. The punchline to an excellent story in the Christian Science Monitor, "U.S. farmers see how their employees live back in Mexico," 19 Aug 2008:

"When you first come, you realize immediately why they left," says Mr. Laumb. "And then 10 minutes later you realize why they all want to come home."