From Polipundit this morning:
Reid Kennedy Bill Is Closet Racism
Last week, I read that Hotel Lobbyists had testified before Specter’s Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing in Philadelphia on June 6, 2006:
“The majority of my staff’s time, effort and our department’s budget are spent directly on the recruitment and hiring process to fill the approximately 45 job openings typically posted between our various operations on our weekly job opportunity lists,” Rossi said in prepared testimony. “These openings result in an employee reporting to work knowing that he will be understaffed by 10-12 percent on any given day. This is incredibly frustrating for both employee and employer. For both it means more work, longer hours, increased workplace injuries, increased guests’ complaints and the list goes on.”
The full testimony can be found here and you will find no mention of trying to fill jobs by increasing wages.
Two days after that testimony, we find that many Americans are available to fill those jobs:
According to the most recent state-by-state comparison issued by the U.S. Census Bureau, 49.6 percent of black teens in Indiana were unemployed in 2004, compared with 38.9 percent nationally. White teen unemployment in the state was at 18.3 percent, according to the study that gauged joblessness among teens 14 and older who were actively seeking work.
Until every American that is seeking work has work, there is no reason as national policy to import guest workers. I would implore Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to speak out for all Americans, of every color, that need and are seeking work.
I guess that shows how far we have come, because now if you can't hire help, it's everyone else's fault.
Pay more, dumb$hit!