To: CzarNicky
The question is whether Americans are still willing to get dirt on their hands.
18 posted on
04/20/2004 7:19:20 AM PDT by
.cnI redruM
(Air America - at least Al Jazeera can pay their bills to stay on the air.)
To: .cnI redruM
The question is whether Americans are still willing to get dirt on their hands.Starvation is a motivator....
To: .cnI redruM
The question is whether Americans are still willing to get dirt on their hands. They don't have to be- if labor is too expensive, American companies will invest more money in labor-saving devices. Look at the auto industry- when labor costs got too high, the car-makers invested a ton of money in automated factories and robotics.
25 posted on
04/20/2004 7:31:17 AM PDT by
Modernman
(Work is the curse of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde)
To: .cnI redruM
I, for one, am. I require monetary compensation, however. A lot of business owners (including my present employer) balk at that. Perhaps supply (shortage) and demand will bring some around; the rest will fail.
35 posted on
04/20/2004 8:16:17 AM PDT by
ExGeeEye
(I've applied for nine Iraq job openings with Halliburton. Money co-located with mouth.)
To: .cnI redruM
"The question is whether Americans are still willing to get dirt on their hands."
How many blue-collar workers do you know? I know plenty of them. I have two brothers who own their own small concrete curb-and-gutter business. They've been virtually driven out of business by illegals or other contractors that hire illegals so they can bid their jobs dirt cheap. I can assure there are plenty of Americans willing to get their hands dirty - they're just not willing to live 15 or 20 in a 2-bedroom house and work for $3 or $4 dollars an hour.
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