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In reply to the discussion: Sitting in a restaurant today I realized how much trouble we are in for [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)The good paying jobs, that were handled by large corporations, largely go to people imported to this country from other nations.
Many people in Iowa and Nebraska used to make decent union-scale wages at meat packing plants. Now those jobs are handled by people deliberately brought up over the Mexican border and hired on for less than nine bucks an hour. With no benefits. And if one of these folks is disabled, the local County has to pick up the medial tab, as the employer doesn't have health insurance.
Same thing has happened with - get this - airline mechanics. They are hired from recruiting efforts posted all over the world. And speaking English is not a requirement - even though the maintenance manuals and repair guides are printed up only in English. So the mechanics are now Turkish, Pacific Rim Islanders, and others who know no English, and may only have the most precursory mechanical training.
Then the American public is wondering the roofs of our planes are floating away in mid air flights?