the solutions include a rational wage rate linked to the highest of flsa or state minimum wage, plus 10% to 15%. to help preclude wage stagnation, binding mediation and arbitration, the fast track of worker grievances and avoid costly lawsuits, allow farmers and workers to share the benefits of the program to also share the fixed cost, streamline the overly bureaucratic processes that discourage participation, allow access to the program to encourage wider participation and provide easy to understand processes for farmers and farm workers to comply with immigration law. in addition, these reforms must include clear administrative -- sorry, clear statutoan that explicitly defines the role and reach of the administrative agency, so that farmers are not continually whip-sawed and subjected to different legal interpretations and regulations with every executive branch change. legislation to reform the agricultural guest worker program has been introduced in the house and senate in this congress by members from both political parties. it is clear there is a bipartisan political agreement

we learned how to deal with osha and the flsa and eoc and the nlrb and erisa. and now in the last decade or so that load on top of us at the l.a. and sf l.a. and all the rest of these things. we grew up absorbing those things every couple of years, something he would come down through. you're starting a business today and had to do with all these things it's very difficult, and the bottom line is you probably have to hire a whole team of lawyers to get you through all these processes. at all these attacks were ungodly done for good reason, but taking the to the effect is one that paralyzes basis invitation as tom says, it takes you off track and set paying attention to strategies and building your business and building up and you're worried about crossing t.'s and dotting the eyes, following all this regulation. i can't imagine what it would be like trying to borrow money today. compared to our days. where hard time bar in mind when we got our company going and today you hear stories about it how it is nearly impossible. i retired from doctor supply about five