Posted on 12/14/2013 9:38:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I think it will get worse with Obamacare because more adults are going to be forced to have 2 part time jobs due to government forcing companies to use part-time workers that they don’t have to insure.
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In before anyone not working are just a DEADBEAT Crowd.
She’s missing one other thing. The country has been taken over by “homeowners associations.” My Parents and my Sister both live in communities that are controled by homeowners associations. The association mows their yards, it cleans their gutters and it rakes their leaves. Those sort of neighborhood jobs are becoming ancient history.
This is a very good article. A summation as to what has really changed. Its not all due to laziness. That illegals are soaking up many different job categories makes perfect sense. I hate to say it but seeing as illegal immigration is probably about to increase greatly before it dissipates, we made need to establish quotas of jobs to be reserved for teens when at all possible. If may work best if we have dollar incentives or tax savings for the employer that can only be obtained by hiring American Teen Citizens to do it.
I think this overstates the problem. I don’t remember that many teenagers working when I was in high school and that was a long time ago
Just out of curiosity, what happens when the illegals become legal? Will that segment of the labor force function as before?
Even back in the 70s my boys had a hard time finding work because insurance for teenagers was so high that the employers wouldn’t pay it until they were 18, and the rates were less.
Add in the trades, carpentry, plumbing, etc, and the illegals have crowded out a large, LARGE number of jobs because they work cheaper, and are subsidized by you and I, the Taxpayers.
Been that way for 30 years in the Bay Area. Rarely saw a teenager working in fast food - all adults from Vietnam, India, China, ext
It’s becoming that way in much of the rest of the country.
Yes, this is all true. The illegals really are a scourge. OK, I get that most of them are OK people just trying to better their lives, granted. And I get that most landscaping companies would probably rather employe adult illegals who will work like the devil over some teenagers who, even if they are dedicated workers, won’t stick around past a year or three.
I get all that.
But we’ve got very high unemployment, esp. among low skilled workers (and me!) and the unending stream of illegals isn’t helping.
It’s amazing that nobody charged with running this country seems to give a hoot about it.
Speaking as a Hispanic so I don’t get called racist in a second, but I find that a lot of Hispanic contractors look for reasons not to work, and are quite lazy and feel “entitled” too. I’ve seen this on a few occasions by workers, and not really even having any respect for property either. Not all, of course, as there are very good workers out there. But, not all are good workers, either.
The illegals are the worst of all. I lived in an apartment that had a bunch of illegals move in next door. Maybe like a dozen people all squeezed in to a single apartment.
They trashed the place, ruined everything, did not pay any rent, and were evicted.
My first “official” job was when I was 14. I earned less than a dollar a day and worked 7 days a week.
At 15 I worked as a helper in the construction business during the summer from 7 AM until 6 PM for 5 dollars a day.
At 16 I pumped gas for fift cents an hour.
Then I moved up to the big time. I sacked groceries for minimum wage which was $1.30 an hour.
Notice it was only at the last job was I getting minimum wage. At 18 I joined the Navy and took a cut in pay.
Every kid in the little town of 6 thousand had a job, if they wanted one. But it was because they didn’t get minimum wages. Small businesses couldn’t afford it.
But rich Republican donors who own businesses like homebuilding (the late Bob Perry) or casinos (Sheldon Adelson) that are addicted to illegal alien labor simply won't permit this to happen. And thus we cannot understand why John Boehner, Eric Cantor and more Republicans than you will believe are about to betray their own base and push through an amnesty bill. Because THEIR political lives depend on these donors.
You’re right about the builders. It’s hard to find a caucasion electrician, plumber, concrete worker, framer, HVAC, sheetrocker, carpet layer, insulation installer, etc. in the entire state of Texas.
Bullshit. They ARE entitled spoiled brats. The author making excuse after excuse in this piece is the enabler. Blame Mexican roofers, unemployment, home owner associations or whatever... the fact is you are not a victim... you are a volunteer. Boot your brats out on the street and turn them into conservatives early... and maybe the nation will be saved in the next generation.
I hear there is a big market for gay wedding cakes. Run with that.
I am in Washington State. I didn’t hire teenagers because of the work rules. It made scheduling a nightmare and disrupted production. Plus, the work ethic, for the most part, is atrocious. But, the main reason were the work hour limitations and the liability exposure.
This is all a lie.
Just last month the Unemployment Rate dropped from 7.3% to 7%. At that rate, in two years we will have 0% Unemployment thanks to the leadership of Comrade Obama.
I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself. LOL
Now back to the real world of living in Obamaville.
But there are still yard firms, gutter cleaning firms, etc. that love to hire young people.
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