I think the opposite is true: skills is the only thing that Americans are willing to learn. They are unwilling to get an education: the ability to think and have basic knowledge outside of their field of money procurement. Foreign languages -- why bother? History of the world or even of our own country --- it's useless. Most don't even know when any of the recent wars took place --- WW II, Korean, Vietnam. Geography? Right after Sep 11, people were afraid to fly, and many tour operators in California received requests to substitute plane tickets to Hawaii with bus tickets. At a conference in New Mexico, some colleagues told me of the many Americans who are surprised that travel to New Mexico does not require a visa.
Ignorant population that wants nothing but marketable skills for sustained Saturday trips to the mall.
So GTFO and move to Russia or China or Mexico