Hmmm. How many Americans that CAN but will NOT work are on welfare? What if we reform welfare...as in drug testing, time limitations...and see how many of these jobs can go to our citizens?
Funny what folks will do to put food in their tables.
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That is true - and there are also those who are out of work who don’t take welfare that would like an opportunity to make a living.
They recently increased the number of H1B visas too (to bring engineers/ IT workers from overseas).
Except how many unemployed Americans go to the trouble of learning how to program in order to get a job in IT? If we really had latent, motivatedvtalent just waiting for employment there, they could teach themselves some skills and get a six-figure job in technology.
As someone who teaches IT skills for a living, this really makes me see red.
I have way too many bright students looking for work they cannot find, so they are seeking out skills to improve their resumes, and they aren’t just route learning, but do clearly understand what they are learning and would be great employees.
Unfortunately, many are older men and women in their 40s and 50s who were let go and now cannot be hired because of age discrimination due to the perceived cost of their benefits.
Far easier to get a Indian or Chinese to do the same thing for peanuts and little if any benefits.
I have students who tell me they will work for no benefits but a salary yet their applications are trashed as soon as the Anglo name is read and the age is seen.
I think it is a travesty for OUR elected officials to rally for the companies and not their true constituents! At least my Senator, Jeff Sessions, understands.