Where I live Hispanics are 10% of the population and perform virtually all of the manual labor, yard work, house cleaning, private child care, construction, hotel housekeeping, car wash people, crop picking, etc. I presume most of them are here illegally. Are you saying that American citizens would do those jobs if they were available? I seriously doubt that that would happen.
“””””Are you saying that American citizens would do those jobs if they were available? I seriously doubt that that would happen.”””””
I know they will and they do, I went through and watched it, and as I described, in areas where there are no illegals or Mexicans all of that work gets done by the locals, there was never a time when that wasn’t true.
In my post I meant to say went through (it) and watched (it).
I watched as one Mexican took over the car wash opening or the back of the restaurant and once one came in then these older men pushed out the Americans and every new hire was one of theirs then sheetrock, concrete, roofing.
They kept it up, do you really think that Americans don’t want construction jobs, trade jobs, city trade jobs, day care jobs, welding, plumbing, electrical work, roofing, machinist work, and on and on?
Have you noticed how lousy the illegals are everything? Have you ever traveled Mexico and think that they had any particular skills or great work ethic, or building skills? Suddenly guys from a grubby hell hole of incompetence and laziness come to the US and suburban women think that they are master craftsmen.
A huge part of America becoming grubby and shoddy is the replacement of skilled journeymen with guys who simply work cheap, look at the million dollar homes and notice the trim work, the sheetrock ripples, the tile work, one reason everything becomes standard and the same is that the skilled craftsmen are gone so work must stay simple and repetitive so that a generic laborer can get it done.
Mexicans simply say yes I can do it and people with low standards say fine, the price is right, without giving a thought to how that guy suddenly mastered whatever is required if he is from some dirt floor village and doesn’t know squat about anything except getting some cash in his hand for his beer that night.