Originally Posted by
concernedveteran
I think it would be a blast! Unfortunately we don't have "day labor" corners here in small-town USA. Out here where farming is the big thing, we simply have our dirt roads flooded by vehicles from Texas loaded down with illegals looking for work pulling weeds out of the fields. And - all the farmers hire them.
Recently a farmer called me up because I had my name on a list of skilled truck drivers. He was beside himself because he couldn't find any qualified truck drivers with experience and asked if I would consider taking the job.
I drove out there just a few days ago and discovered that he hires illegals. I asked him why he didn't hire naturalized immigrants and his response was:
"The ones who came here legally and got their citizenship now seem to sit on their rear ends collecting welfare. And getting anyone else to pull weeds is a worthless cause. They are the only ones who will come here and do the work."
I told him I've had Summers when I was unemployed and would have been glad to do some weed pulling when I couldn't find money enough to pay rent and put food on the table. He appeared to think I wasn't serious.
I rejected the truck driving position based on the fact that he wouldn't even consider the idea of asking his fellow Americans if they would do the work before hiring someone from outside our country. He was desperate for a truck driver because finding those with experience enough to keep his insurance costs down is extremely difficult. While I have the experience, I told him I don't work for employers who could be shut down at any time - upon which I'd lose my job anyway.
He was furious. And, he couldn't understand how someone would turn down $3,000 a month to keep a truck busy over something such as the illegal immigration issue.
Perhaps after he thinks about it long enough, he will figure it out.
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