I hear this argument all of the time from those who argue against immigrants, legal and illegal. They're taking our jobs, they say.
An interesting friend of mine just applied for a decent job, not the best but far from the worst. The company gave applicants training materials to study for a pretest before being given the opportunity for an interview. Fair enough, learn something about what you'll be doing if hired. The pretest was timed at 30 minutes, and the information was considerable in the training materials.
My friend was utterly amazed at how many people didn't study for this test. Here's where the irony comes in. So many so-called Americans who want work, weren't willing to put in the time needed to learn a small amount of material to gain decent employment.
I'm sick to death of Americans expecting jobs, and pay, without work. Why should any company have to go so far as to give an open book test to people wanting a job with them? I just hope my friend who studied has a prayer's chance at an interview.
At least the illegals are willing to do what it takes to get and keep the job. How ridiculous is that?
We’ve had a cultural shift since the late 60s were people have lost shame. People used to be looked down upon for people who were “on relief” or “on the dole” for other than the shortest time. Now people are raising their children to believe they should be provided a house, food, etc.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, we’re bringing in people to this country who are expecting things also…free health care, etc. And they want it in Spanish. Previous waves of immigrants learned how to be an American. Now they want to stay Mexican, Honduran, etc but live in the US.
Until that is handled, we’re gonna have problems.