Thousands of jobs are going begging right now, (with unemployment at over 7%, too. Go figure). A reader of Mike Rowe's (voice of Deadliest Catch, host of Dirty Jobs) wrote to him lambasting the rightish wing of the Boot On Your Neck Party for standing in the way of job creation and Mike had to point out some uncomfortable facts for her. Right now, in this country there are thousands of jobs going unfilled because Americans just won't do them. These aren't minimum wage jobs either. They're solid middle class, working jobs that pay extremely well. Employers can't fill them, for a few reasons. And this leads to a number of problems for the country and industry. *****ing about immigration? There really are thousands of good paying jobs that Americans won't do. And they have to be done, if we're to keep moving forward. Someone, from somewhere is going to have to fill that slot. Mike points out the facts but the solutions really are up to us. We need to do a number of things. One would be encouraging our local school systems to put vocational training back in the schools. That would help in the long run. But, lots of the folks who are currently unemployed need to be encouraged to look outside of their particular box, too. Changes need to be made, and politicians aren't really the solution here.
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