{"id":964,"date":"2012-03-29T10:06:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T14:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/they-worked-hard-for-what-they-got-mr-robinson-from-brooks-county.html"},"modified":"2012-03-29T10:06:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T14:06:01","slug":"they-worked-hard-for-what-they-got-mr-robinson-from-brooks-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/they-worked-hard-for-what-they-got-mr-robinson-from-brooks-county.html","title":{"rendered":"They worked hard for what they got &mdash;Mr. Robinson from Brooks County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lcDbd3FirF0\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0168e963a32e970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0168e963a32e970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> The only speaker that got applause at the <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/farm-bill-forum-friday-in-tifton-with-sen-saxby-chambliss.html\">Farm Bill Forum organized by Senator Saxby Chambliss in Tifton<\/a> was Mr. Robinson from Brooks County:<\/p>\n<blockquote>If we don&#8217;t get the immigration thing solved, I don&#8217;t see a future for any of the farmers.<\/blockquote>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t like HB 87. Speaking of local immigrants he knows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>They worked hard for what they got, and I think they deserve a little bit more respect.<\/blockquote>\n<p>Saxby Chambliss said it was very complex and said the federal government should step up. Wait, which branch of the government is he elected to?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lcDbd3FirF0\"> the video:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lcDbd3FirF0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe> <br \/> <small> They worked hard for what they got \u2014Mr. Robinson from Brooks County <br \/> Farm Bill Forum, Senator Saxby Chambliss, Gary Black, Charles Hall, Robert Redding, John Maguire, <br \/> UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Tifton, Tift County, Georgia, 16 March 2012. <br \/> Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE). <\/small><\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The only speaker that got applause at the Farm Bill Forum organized by Senator Saxby Chambliss in Tifton was Mr. Robinson from Brooks County: If we don&#8217;t get the immigration thing solved, I don&#8217;t see a future for any of the farmers. He didn&#8217;t like HB 87. 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