[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, that’s an issue right there.

Many middle class parents push their kids to go to college, because they want to see them work in an office with a computer. They don’t want to see them do any sort of manual labor, even if some of those laboring jobs pay more than the desk job with a computer.

There’s anecdotal evidence that many of the “dirty” jobs in this country are now being done by people who were not born in this country. It seems a paradox that we have millions of ghetto youth and other low skilled people, who allegedly can’t get jobs. Yet we import millions to do various low skilled but needed jobs.

[Chickensoup]

There’s anecdotal evidence that many of the “dirty” jobs in this country are now being done by people who were not born in this country. It seems a paradox that we have millions of ghetto youth and other low skilled people, who allegedly can’t get jobs. Yet we import millions to do various low skilled but needed jobs.
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I beleive that is some of the regulation and PC is cut back, companies will take the time to train the kids they need. But who is going to give a black kid a chance if they cannot fire him if he doesnt work out.

[cripplecreek]

There’s anecdotal evidence that many of the “dirty” jobs in this country are now being done by people who were not born in this country.

True enough. Many of the farms I worked on 30 years ago now hire illegals because the local kids won't do it. Back then they paid us $5 an hour under the table and that was a whole hell of a lot better than the $3.35 minimum wage.