Just like politicians and big business have allowed exportation or
H1-B visa displacement of high tech jobs, there is intentionally no
control of illegals flooding across our borders to replace blue collar
workers. Carpenters and most construction workers are still making
under $15 an hour, the same as they did 30 yrs ago. Semi-skilled
workers are being replaced just as quickly as skilled and high-tech
workers.

I suspect "carpenter" was mentioned because that's the trade most "white
collar" types think about.

The "money" trades a electrician, HVAC tech, and plumber.

Mechanic is close up there.

Painters, dry wall workers, rough and finish carpenters, and roofers are a
step above the grounds keepers and common laborers.


Anyone who thinks the power elite in this country isn't doing
everything it can to keep the masses ignorant is living in a fools
paradise. Our only recourse is education. Other countries are still
sending their kids to this country to be educated, yet our own leaders
are trying to discourage us from seeking higher education. That
treasonous ******* ought to be flogged around the fleet!

Actually, a very high portion of the foreigners "educated" in the US try
very hard to get employment here.

The key is whether you (or your kid) is "college matrial."

If the kid is literally, "Mensa Smart," he is college material even if he is
a tad on the lazy side.

If the kid is willing to work hard and got very good grades in HS, then he
is college material.

The rest really should look at careers that don't require college and try to
get a running start on life ahead of their peers. (Insurance and real
estate don't require college, for example.)

Kids who are reasonably bright but don't like school and CAN work hard
should look into going into business for themselves. Most of the
"tradesmen" mentioned above can, if they have the ambition, become
independent contractors.



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