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Originally Posted by Alex
Surely we can find someone to do the work.
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Nobody should buy into the MYTH that Mexicans do work that Americans refuse.
This all comes back to money. Business owners found out they could hire Mexicans for half the price as an American, and Americans had to then refuse those jobs because of the new sub standard wages.
Many home and office cleaning services for instance have stopped hiring American women because they know an illegal Mexican will take minimum wage and be happy with it. The lower wages being paid out also allow the cleaning services to get more contracts because they can submit lower bids.
The construction work stuff is bullshit. There are plenty of American men willing to do that work, many of whom are not having enough work thrown their way. So they sit at home while an illegal Mexican does their jobs.
The working in the fileds stuff is iffy. Depends on what you are talking about. Not too long ago farmers would hire junior high and high school studends to work the fields, but they've found that illegal Mexicans work even cheaper. An awful lot of these farmers don't even bother hiring American's anymore.