Originally Posted by WEG Cory

It amazes me these days. It was not but 12 to 15 years ago that I was doing all kinds of jobs. I worked at McDonalds, Taco Bell, I worked roadside construction, I worked in a Louisiana swamp, I mowed lawns....etc....

Don't take this wrong, but when was the last time you saw a non-immigrant doing these jobs?

I was watching this show, CBS or NBC I believe....they were focusing on this Colorado construction company that was relishing in a booming housing market. They said that if they couldn't take illegal immigrants, their business would collapse.

In other words, they said on national tv that if a raid were to occur (even though that isn't feasable due to a logistical nightmare on the government end of things) that the entire housing market would collapse, locally of course.

They said that they would be majorly shorthanded and those "citizens" available to work would want the moon, the sun and the stars for compensation.

The guy said 10 years ago, it was no prob to get some 17 or 18 year old to do the job. The summer I graduated highschool and the summers that bookmarked my college years were all spent with "labor" jobs, at least most were. It was a big deal. My friends and I all did it because we got paid higher hourly rates. Plus, we enjoyed being in the sun, keeping in shape, etc.

What happened?

I know I live in Los Angeles which makes the issue of immigration more of an "in my face" type deal, but really, I can't recall the last time I saw some white kid working on a construction site.

This isn't an anti-immigration thread, in fact, it is the opposite. If our people don't want the jobs, give them to someone else. When you hear that there are "no jobs available," one must take it with a grain of salt.

The definition of "job" has really changed for our youth and for our desperate.

Did the computer age kill it? Did illegals undercut the hourly rates? Did the onslaught of telemarketing jobs convince kids that AC and reclining chairs are the way to go?