The idea voiced by President Bush that “they are only doing the jobs that Americans will not do” was one of the most infuriating and ill informed thing I had ever heard a leader say. Whether it is a high or low skilled job, given the opportunity and adequate compensation Americans will do it.
I see nothing wrong with Governor Walker’s suggestion that the needs of American workers be considered in determining immigration policy. After all, he is seeking election as President of the United States, not head of the chamber of commerce or chief social worker for the world.
I worked my way through college by waitressing in a number of places. Dishwasher/busboys were low-man on the totem pole. They were either low-skilled legal American teens-young men who usually had a bad work ethic and only lasted a month or two, or they were Mexicans, probably illegal, who worked hard and were as reliable as sunrise. To the American, the minimum wage was a joke. To the Mexican, it was prosperity in the cardboard village he came from, and he sent most of it back there.
Guess which type I liked working with best? Guess which one my employers liked best? Guess which ones the customers liked best in terms of faster, better service?