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The conservative nanny state folklore on immigration is that immigrants take jobs that workers in the United States do not want, and they point to jobs like custodians, dishwashers, and fruit picking, all very low paying jobs. The problem with the folklore is that the reason that native born workers are unlikely to want these jobs is that they are low-paying, not because they are intrinsically such awful jobs. Native-born workers have been willing to take many unpleasant jobs when they were compensated with high wages… Native-born workers will wash dishes, clean toilets, and pick tomatoes for $20 an hour. When the nanny state conservatives say that they can’t find native-born workers for these jobs, they mean that they can’t find native-born workers at the wages that they want to pay, just as most of us can’t find native-born doctors or lawyers who are willing to work for $15 an hour. The difference is that the nanny state conservatives get to bring in immigrants at low wages to meet their needs, whereas the doctors and lawyers can count on the nanny state to protect them from competition with immigrant workers.
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The Conservative Nanny State (via azspot) (via thesmarttart) (via robot-heart-politics)
wow, that put it about as clear as i could ever hope when it comes to those damn forigners taking our sweet sweet jobs. i guess thats why people fish the bearing straight risking frozen death, casue it fucking pays. picking strawberrys in homestead sucks balls for 1 penny a bucket, so let the mexicans do it.
in case you didn’t already know, i hate republicans
