If washing cars paid $10/hr in Kentucky, the average wage would be higher, as would the cost of living. The jobs are not in Kentucky, they are in other places hundreds or even thousands of miles away. Are people in Kentucky willing to do what it takes to get one of those jobs? Like move to Seattle or San Diego or DC? Apparently not. How about Hawaii? Lowest unemployment in the country, under 3%.
On 3/26/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see a lot of them losing their jobs to illegal workers. A bad job to > you may be a pretty good job to a lot of people. 40k a year is a lot of > money to a lot of people in this state. In Kentucky the average > household income is $37k. > > $10 an hour washing cars gets you about 20k a year. The average income > in Kentucky is 21k a year. If car washes were paying $10 an hour you > wouldn't have illegal immigrants working them. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:57 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: immigration question > > > > Illegal immigrants are not taking jobs from Americans, that argument > is a > > canard. People come from Mexico, etc. and go whereever they can in > the > > country to find work. If work is in DC, they go to DC. If work is in > > Seattle, they go to Seattle. If work is in Idaho Falls, they go to > Idaho > > Falls. And they go to work low skill, low wage jobs that almost no one > > wants, in part because the jobs are bad jobs, but in part because the > jobs > > are not in the right location. How many Americans do you see moving > > halfway > > across the country and living in a shack in the sticks, maybe in a > crowded > > place with other people like them, in order to make $10/hr washing > cars, > > tending lawns, or doing construction work? Maybe they would move, if > the > > job > > paid $40K a year plus benefits, but that just isn't going to happen. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201671 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
