"but it is the same liberal mentality that farm work is unskilled and anyone can do it that often gets them in the situation they are in."
This mentality continually chaps my ass - it's just as prevalent here in the states. Several years ago Harland priddle was names sec of ag in Kansas in some scurvy nepotism scheme. His qualifications were "he grew up on a farm." Nobody mentioned that his farm exposure preceded the Great Depression. Fortunately, a sharp bureaucrat can get up to speed with us turnip truck passengers in about a week.