[.cnI redruM]

The question is whether Americans are still willing to get dirt on their hands.

[No_Outcome_But_Victory]

The question is whether Americans are still willing to get dirt on their hands.

Starvation is a motivator....

[Modernman]

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.

[ExGeeEye]

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.

[EagleMamaMT]

"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.