Posted on 09/24/2015 11:50:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
PALM BEACH (CBSMiami) – Donald Trump has bragged he would be the greatest jobs president God has ever created.
“I am so intent in putting people back to work in this country,” Trump said recently. “Our country can be great again. We have to put people back to work.” Trump, however, doesn’t need to be elected president to start hiring Americans for jobs now being given to foreigners.
A CBS4 News review of U.S. Labor Department records found that Trump businesses have requested hundreds of visas in recent years claiming they were unable to find Americans willing to do even the most basic tasks.
And that is particularly true at Trump’s famed Palm Beach estate called Mar-A-Lago.
Every year since at least 2008, Mar-A-Lago has requested anywhere from 70 to 90 visas to bring foreign workers into the country as cooks, waiters and housekeepers. The starting pay is between $10 and $12 an hour.
“There are certainly a bunch of people that would love to work at that rate,” said Michael Watson standing outside Career Source, a job placement service that helps businesses find workers.
“I’m pretty sure there are a lot of Americans out there who would work if you give them the opportunity,” added Cassandra McCorkel.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, CBS4 News obtained records from the Labor Department detailing Mar-A-Lago’s application to import foreign workers under the H2B Visa program.
Before seeking the visas, the executives Mar-A-Lago posted the job openings on a state website. Tom Veenstra, senior director of support services at Career Source, said if Mar-A-Lago officials were interested in finding workers, all they had to do was contact him.
“We’re here to find jobs for people in Palm Beach County,” Veenstra said. “That’s what we do. We do it for free.”
(Excerpt) Read more at miami.cbslocal.com ...
But they can make that much on welfare if you total the benefits. Why work?
Do not care. Me want wall.
“There are certainly a bunch of people that would love to work at that rate”.
The average fruit picker gets about $15 bucks an hour.
This is a BS article.
TRUMP explained all of it on Morning Joe’s.
80-90 jobs every “season” are filled because not enough “locals” want those 5-6 month jobs that pay $10-$12 Dollars per hour.
Imagine THAT!
Bingo.
Why doesn’t CBS go out and recruit some workers for Trump?
I don’t know what the average fruit picker makes....but whatever it is, it’s mindless mind numbing boring and a dead end job. I think all those factors are far more important than whatever the wage is.
As long as citizens can be relatively comfortable on government hand outs, this is a discussion to have.
LOL!!! I am so using that!
A Dem sees a problem....and throws money at it until they figure out a solution...which may be years!!!! And years!!!!
Were they illegal? No? Oh, nevermind.
*** Before seeking the visas, the executives Mar-A-Lago posted the job openings on a state website. ***
This sentence makes no sense to me. Is there a word missing?
It’s good to know that the media cares all of a sudden.
The starting pay is between $10 and $12 an hour.
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What’s the actual average pay?
70=90 visas is peanuts. There just isn’t much to go after Trump on the naysayers have to stick with minutiae.
and throws money at it until they figure out a solution.”
And IMO more often than not their solutions cause other problems which they throw more money at it - and the circle continues. Remind me of a dog chasing its tail.
It certainly should not be hard to prove the effort to hire locally. Just show the bills for “help wanted” ads in all media and the job applications received over a time period. Compare the number of applications to the number of positions offered. It’s a no-brainer.
If I could get $15-20 an hour equivalent from welfare I would not want to work for $10-12 either!
LOL!!
Good one.
Yes he did I watched/heard him this morning.
Oh by the way “our friend” TR/VR at it again.
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