I hope nobody gets hurt...no Americans leastwise. hehehe
Funny, the economy goes to hell and suddenly these jobs ARE what Americans want.
It’s generally acknowledged that the now-widespread problem began in the housing/construction sector. The very place where illegals began putting American tradesmen and subcontractors out of work and out of business starting years ago. But, in all this “economic recovery” talk, there’s not a single significant mention of this fact. How does anyone expect to correct a problem when the so-called “leaders” won’t even mention something which played such a major role in causing it?
Our government allows in about 1 million LEGAL immigrants a year. Add that to the illegals who are still entering and you have significant competition for jobs that American workers increasingly would be more than happy to do. Then, grant amnesty to the illegals who are already here, giving them the right to bring in their families and their families’ families, and you have effectively nudged native born Americans out of the job market to an extraordinary degree in many job categories.
Don’t companies have to prove in some way that they can’t get American workers before they can contract even LEGAL immigrants to do it?
If they are working on a government contract, shouldn’t the information about the contractor/subcontractor and the employees working on the job be public record?
Wonder how many voted last November?
Ok....I’m going to tell a story that won’t be popular.
We have just finished a fairly extensive remodeling project on our house. Our contractor started with an all-white english speaking crew to do the demo and reconstruction. After we went without a roof on our kitchen for over 3 months while the crew wouldn’t work if it rained, wouldn’t work on Friday even if it had rained on Mon, Tue, Wed & Thur but it was sunny and nice on Friday. Wouldn’t work on any weekend, showed up at 8:30 or 9:00 but were always gone (of couse it took about an hour to get their tools set up, and another hour to put them away) by 4:00. At least one was always on a cigarette break or taking off (on the clock, of course) to get something from the hardware store.
We finally got fed up and demanded that the contractor find a different crew. Of course, you know who showed up to replace them.
We asked the contractor to find another crew but he said that most of the crews he had used were worse than the one we had and this was the only still working crew in the area that he had used and was satisfied with. The non-english speaking crew showed up early, worked until the sun went down and did more work for less money in two weeks than the All-American crew had done in 3 months.
Maybe there is a reason that they find jobs here.
Ever shake hands with a bricklayer? Don’t. Those guys, and roofers, can bend 12-penny nails in their hands. Tough, hard working bunch.
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