Posted on 07/15/2010 7:16:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Don’t tell me there aren’t jobs Americans won’t do.
In California, I go to a car wash and gas station and its completely foreign labor, mostly illegal. Meanwhile, American youth unemployment is 50%, “college prep” kids sit home, and these kids are expected to simply borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund their education.
Here in my small-town in PA, the car wash and landscaping businesses are staffed by college and high school students on break. No illegals needed or seen.
Over-educated elite labor-virgins,that cover 99% of congress and senate.
I have a white collar job with a major foturne 500 company. When I tell my peers stories of working in shipping/logistics in college doing product inventory control, loading/unloading tractor trailers for product distribution, and driving a propane forklift in a warehouse they look at me like I have two heads. They just can’t picture me or themselves doing physical labor. (I’ll be 30 in August.)
I told him that wasn't so and that Americans were desperate for jobs but just couldn't get hired -- often, because illegals were there working cheaper, without benefits. The Lib just laughed in a condescending way and said "Nope. They won't do those jobs."
Sheesh.
back in the 70’s, I mowed lawns, babysat, cleaned homes and worked in the office on campus to pay my way through school. ALL these jobs except office staff at the school are taken by illegal aliens and recent immigrants.
I actually don’t agree with unpaid internships either. If you want someone working for you, you should pay them for their time. Even if its minimum wage.
I’m in the motorcycle business. I took my son with me to a trade show in Long Beach, CA about 8 years back so he could meet celeb racers and see some cool product. I was pointing out the quality of Alpinestar boots and flipped a boot over to show him the “Made in Italy” mark and was surprised to see “Made in Croatia”. Talking to the factory reps at the booth, they explained how the next class of Italian craftsman was Croatians that were grateful for the opportunity that the current generation of Italian work force entrants were above. The young Italians all want white collar jobs. Sound familiar?
Darn straight. Time for me to bring back an old tagline.
My dad was roofer. I did my first roof at the age of 10. I also painted houses and washed dishes. Cut lawns, worked at a drill press in a machine shop, warehouse, you name it. I did all those jobs “Americans” won’t do. I am 42. This was normal amongst me and all my friends. What happened?
Great Post. Thank You. I’m certain that after the 1986 amnesty, the trend of replacing traditional teen summer hires with illegals began and has not ever stopped.
Case in point: the fast food industry. Ownership quickly realized that illegals were a dream come true. Illegals Don’t go off to college. Don’t need time off to study for finals or the prom. Don’t get ambitious and get a better job. AND, don’t complain about having to work on their day off.
I have been told as well, that it’s very common for them to send a friend or relative as a “fill in” if they happen to need time off for a sick kid or whatever. They (illegals) solve allot of staffing hassles.
My first job was at age 13...I swept the floors and shined shoes at a barber shop in my small home town. My shoe shine kit cost $5, and the owner loaned me the money (and deducted 50 cents a week from my pay of $1 a day (from him) plus shoe shine tips till I repaid his loan). I have worked every day since then...I am now 52. Don’t tell me that there are jobs Americans won’t do!!!
Two of my neighbors had their (large) homes re-roofed this year.
House one was done by 3 Mexicans (illegal?)
no roof top delivery (carried them all up)
done well in 1.5 days
House two was done by 5 local crackers (I can say that because I’m one myself)
roof top delivery
done in 4 days
made rude comments to women walking in neighborhood
so far back 2x to fix installation problems
Somewhere along the line we’ve bred a generation or two of Entitlement Kids.
Tell your acquaintance that a percentage of illegal aliens are visa overstays who work as professionals. It is disgustingly easy for them to work through temp agencies for salaries on which that Americans because they pay no or partial taxes... just like illegals who work construction, landscaping, farms, etc.
In addition per PEW 8 million illegal aliens have jobs. Note tht is 8 million out of 20 - 40 million illegals in the US.
As a physician, I have a nice job with a good standard of living. What many people don’t realize is that I started in this industry in 1968 as a nursing assistant; shaving patients for surgery, cleaning up puke, and mopping floors after deliveries.
Do you have a point? Because I’m not seeing it.
I worked at a vitamin distribution company. I worked with a whole lot of ESL English as a second language. They sit there mostly talking spanish, and make you feel uncomfortable. That is what happened they edged everyone out of those jobs. Undercutting prices, now of course they are higher, but the english speaking competition is gone.
I hate what America is becoming. It won’t last, and what will be left will be a new Dark Age for a century at least.
major typo; should read:
It is disgustingly easy for them to work through temp agencies for salaries on which Americans can’t survive because they pay no or partial taxes...
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