'Tricked by the devil.' They backed Trump. Now, his foreign labor cuts may ruin them.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

It is an argument being promoted as a cover for the desire for the overwhelming availability of very cheap labor.
$12 a hour in Kentucky for cutting grass and cannot find workers?

Go to Central Florida and announce that on any corner and see how many workers would be heading for Kentucky.

Yet another myth. People living in impoverished locales or places with poor jobs prospects are frequently emotionally tied to that place place, nonetheless. There are ample decent-paying, low-skill jobs in the DC area, but unemployed folks from West Virginia remain in West Virginia hoping that gainful employment will somehow return there.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Yet another myth. People living in impoverished locales or places with poor jobs prospects are frequently emotionally tied to that place place, nonetheless. There are ample decent-paying, low-skill jobs in the DC area, but unemployed folks from West Virginia remain in West Virginia hoping that gainful employment will somehow return there.

Decent paying until you compare cost-of-living in West Virginia and DC area.

$12.00 an hour to mow lawns would get plenty of takers here. However, you could not pay me enough to pick crab. But I'm old enough to have all the repetitive motion injury I want already....

Which is a point. Lots of the 'immigrant' jobs--stoop field labor, roofing, crab picking--tend to be risky, or actually physically damaging. People coming out of an area where actual survival is an issue are a lot more willing to take such work, including for bottom dollar under-the-table.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Decent paying until you compare cost-of-living in West Virginia and DC area...

True enough, though a paying job still beats no job. I have several friends who are contractors in Montgomery County, MD. They used to hire guys from West Virginia who would drive down to the northwest DC suburbs from the panhandle of West Virginia (~45 minutes) to work. They'd show up for a week or so, get their first paycheck, go on a couple day bender and not show up again. OTOH, their Hispanic help is hard-working, reliable and loyal. There is simply no comparison in the work ethic between the two groups, unfortunately.