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What to do About America's Low-Skill Workforce
Townhall.com ^ | October 15, 2013 | Michael Barone

Posted on 10/15/2013 10:17:38 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 10/15/2013 10:17:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Democrat Solution:

Drag the numbers down even more by adding another 15 to 30 illegals to the labor pool.


2 posted on 10/15/2013 10:19:33 AM PDT by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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Affirmative Action takes a toll over time. And they’re raised by and as lifelong entertainment addicts too.


3 posted on 10/15/2013 10:20:34 AM PDT by wrencher
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They’re skilled and able-bodied enough to cart away the entire inventory of a Walmart in a few hours.


5 posted on 10/15/2013 10:22:10 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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What to do About America's Low-Skill Workforce

I know one low-skilled worker who became president of the United States.

7 posted on 10/15/2013 10:22:30 AM PDT by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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I have the solution, but they wouldn’t like it because it’s not “nice”.

Pay them what they’re worth (no minimum wage) and they don’t eat if they don’t work.

Two incentives to get “skilled”.


8 posted on 10/15/2013 10:22:34 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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Maybe sell them to China?


9 posted on 10/15/2013 10:22:51 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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Democrat Solution: Drag the numbers down even more by adding another 15 to 30 illegals to the labor pool.

And raise the minimum wage so even the least capable "workers" can "earn a living wage". When one tells you that, if you pay them what they're worth, they can't live on that, you should give them a tin cup, 3 broken pencils, and point out the nearest street corner designated for begging...

10 posted on 10/15/2013 10:23:17 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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The verdict on the United States: "weak in literacy, very poor in numeracy, but only slightly below average in problem-solving in technology-rich environments."

Yes, but one can excel in all of these areas and still be utterly unemployable if one is over age 40. Employers want smart, cheap, malleable, young people, and that's why they have migrated operations overseas in search of them. They despair that American young people are so stupid...but that isn't quite enough to make them hire from the large pool of older Americans who are not.

11 posted on 10/15/2013 10:24:15 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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The dumb have more children while the intelligent have fewer.

The US will soon be full of idiots and they'll need you to feed, house, and clothe them.

And state education camps are de facto moron breeding centers.

12 posted on 10/15/2013 10:24:42 AM PDT by freerepublicchat
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Maybe sell them to China?

What, and have them come back to us in petfood?

13 posted on 10/15/2013 10:25:38 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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‘I know one low-skilled worker who became president of the United States.’

That, sir, is an atrocious attack against the unskilled worker. Unskilled does not me no skills. Obama has no skills.


14 posted on 10/15/2013 10:25:46 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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“The verdict on the United States: ‘weak in literacy, very poor in numeracy, but only slightly below average in problem-solving in technology-rich environments.”’

So, basically - semi-trainable apes? From what I’ve seen as an employer, I’d agree!

And I live in a BASTION of really, really SMART Liberals! So smart, they put me to shame, as I’m a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging Conservative, LOL! They would never deign to work for the likes of me, anyways. *SMIRK*


15 posted on 10/15/2013 10:25:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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“They’re skilled and able-bodied enough to cart away the entire inventory of a Walmart in a few hours.”

POST OF THE DAY! :)


16 posted on 10/15/2013 10:26:36 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Kaslin
What to do About America's Low-Skill Workforce

How about we conscript 'em into a mercenary army we can rent out to Saudi Arabia, Al Queda or the Muslim Brotherhood to further the Grand Caliphate?

17 posted on 10/15/2013 10:26:57 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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Australia and Canada allocate large shares of their immigration flow by point systems, which give credit for educational achievement and marketable skills. They do not necessarily tie high-skill immigrants to a single petitioning employer, as H-1B visas do in the U.S.

It isn't just Canada and Australia. It is every county in the world with a sane immigration system.

Back during the Yugoslavian civil war when the United Nations was assigning every first world country a refugee quota, the United States dutifully complied. Japan told them to pound sand.

We got immigrants like the Boston Marathon bomber and the Trolley Square shooter. Japan accepted a grand total of two-- one who was married to a Japanese national, the other an Orthodox Christian single engineer. They had the sense to say no thanks to Muslims. Why don't we?

18 posted on 10/15/2013 10:27:01 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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What’s the point in going into a huge amount of debt to get high skills when there aren’t enough high skill jobs?


19 posted on 10/15/2013 10:27:50 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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How about sending them all to Congress?

With their skill set, they can hardly do a worse job.


20 posted on 10/15/2013 10:28:16 AM PDT by ZULU (Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama)
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