>>A week ago, Eric talked about having once
worked as a dishwasher and how that was honest
work. Yes, it once was, back when honest work was
sufficient to provide for a living.
Suspect it still is, though not a consumer-type
living. While working as a busboy, I had no health
care. No leftover money to buy electronic toys,
clothes, or travel. Lived in a rathole.
Fortunately the restaurant gave meals with each
shift. Plus I worked about 70+ hours a week, and
when you work those hours, it's harder to spend money.
The point of mentioning that episode of my life
was that I was promoted out of it, first to
skilled kitchen work, and then as a waiter, where
it was not uncommon to make a couple hundred bucks
a night. It's not bad to start at the bottom. It
is bad to stay there, and illegals mostly stay at
the bottom.
Further, if average US citizens had the prospect
of some advancement, they would most likely to be
willing to do the work I did. The "Americans won't
do these jobs" argument is just a con job.
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