That’s the problem. There are many Americans who can pick vegetables but lack the work ethic to pick vegetables. We shouldn’t import people because other people are lazy.
Unemployment is at 3.8%, which is pretty good as most economist say < 5% is the bar for a healthy economy. So I would say it’s not that people are lazy, it’s that new industries that provide more economic opportunities appear.
Also, short of economic depression, I’m not sure how you convince lazy people to not be lazy.
Also, short of economic depression, I’m not sure how you convince lazy people to not be lazy.
The USSR’s solution was forced work.
Unemployment is a fickle number. If somebody is not looking for work, they don’t count.
I always joke with my GF when we pay to pick vegetables. We are paying to do work that people won’t do to get paid.
Yup. The irony of paying to pick apples is not lost on me. But to your point, if someone’s not looking for work, they don’t get government assistance (barring a disability) and probably don’t need to work the jobs thes migrants are going to fill.
