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"Kim W5TIT" wrote:
Dwight, I don't know how it is where you are, but here there is no one willing to do the work a lot of our immigrant population are willing to do--and do. Nonsense, Kim. The reason most people aren't willing to do those jobs is because the wages are so low. Offer decent wages and people will gladly do those jobs. There are non-immigrant workers throughout this country busting their butts in construction jobs, laborer jobs, crappy jobs, and dangerious jobs. They do so because the wages are decent. My god, there are even people willing to walk into a nuclear reactor if the pay is good enough. Offer decent wages for almost ANY job and I'm fully convinced there will be plenty of non-immigrant workers willing to do those jobs. I see nothing to even suggest otherwise. I remember many times asking my teen-aged son to go get a job and, when he'd retort with, "there aren't any jobs," I would mention some of the things I knew were avaiable: farm work (building fences, etc.); any fast food chain, stock clerk, etc. He was indignant, at best, when he thought his mother would suggest such a thing to her own son...that was not work he was about to go do. Why should he work? He's living at home with mommy where everything is free and he's spoiled rotten. When he is old enough, throw his butt out and watch how fast his work ethic changes. In the meantime, sharply reduce the money you give him (no car, no fancy school cloths, no expensive shoes, no music CD's, no stereo, and so on) and tell him to get a job if he wants those extras. After he throws a temper tantrum for a few months, wears out of the stuff he has now, and realises you're serious, a job will look much more appealing to him. He will have to do all this eventually anyway, so now is a good time to start properly preparing him for his future. Later, once he has to start paying for them, he'll miss the free food you gave him and the free shelter you provided. Now, I meet adults with the same attitude. I am very thankful for that part of my community with people who are willing to take on the immense task of the "physical labor" jobs that many of us wouldn't be caught doing. Very thankful indeed, for no one else would do them. Like those other adults you mention, there are many jobs I will not do today, Kim. I can't afford to do those low paying jobs if I want to feed my family, live in a decent home, and make the car payments. And I'm certainly not willing to live twenty to a hotel room or apartment like you see so many poor illegal immigrants doing today. And, lets face it, I just can't physically do some of those jobs anymore. But none of that suggests for a moment that I'm not willing to work. Likewise, none of that suggests there are no younger non-immigrants willing to do those jobs if the wages were decent. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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