North Central US | Hick - 10/20/2025 08:14
Media likes to claim we need illegals to pick our vegetables, build our houses and do all the “bad” jobs.
But do we?
25 years ago I had a buddy who was a drywall finisher. I was a journeyman electrician at the time. He made $1.50 less than I did. Now days drywall finishers are mostly illegals and the pay is the same as 25 years ago.
They say Americans won’t to the job, which isn’t true. Americans won’t do the job for table scraps is the issue.
My kid would gladly pick strawberries for $50 an hour with benefits. They claim that strawberries will cost a fortune. Fine buy me, maybe they should cost enough to provide a living wage for the people producing the product.
Lots of office workers move paperwork from one side of the desk to the other earning north of $80,000, while adding no value. Why shouldn’t the guy roofing their house make more than them? Harder work in the heat with the danger of falling.
The problem with what you're going with is most of the jobs you listed were historically not a lifetime career.
In the 40s to the 70s, picking produce was a high school or college job. The films of that time rarely show anyone over 30, unless they are running the equipment or supervising.
Drywall finishing was similar.
All these low paying jobs were that way.
At some point in time everyone seemed to get the idea that you can only have one job in your life, that you would work in one position forever. That is the problem, not the pay. |
Why can’t we pick our own vegetables?
