This week something is likely to be done about immigration reform...perhaps not.
But the President last week in Mexico declaring once again that 'there are jobs that Americans are unwilling to do' just makes my head explode. It simply isn't true. Yes, at certain pay there are always going to be jobs that some people are unwilling to do. That's even true for illegals. Price a job low enough and even illegals would refuse to do it.
At the heart of this is money...and cheap labor for business.
If sending jobs overseas for businesses to benefit from cheap labor (exporting jobs) is wrong and harmful then why is it not wrong and harmful to bring the cheap labor here (importing cheap labor).
Actually the latter is more harmful that is the former. When we have the workers here, our society is responsible for benefits and healthcare in a way we are not when Dell has computer order-takers in India.
Whether you agree with the President or not, let's stop using the phrase (especially when it's on foreign soil) that these are jobs Americans are not willing to do. It's not true.