This is a quote from President Obama 2006 book, Tha Audacity of Hope. “The number of immigrants added to the labor force every year is of a magnitude not seen in this country for over a century,” Obama noted. “If this huge influx of mostly low-skill workers provides some benefits to the economy as a whole—especially by keeping our workforce young, in contrast to an increasingly geriatric Europe and Japan—it also threatens to depress further the wages of blue-collar Americans and put strains on an already overburdened safety net.” The number of unemployed youth was 3.4 million in July 2014. The youth unemployment rate was 14.3 percent in July 2014. July unemployment rates for young men (15.1 percent), young women (13.4 percent), whites (12.2 percent), and blacks (24.8 percent), Asians (10.9 percent), and Hispanics (16.5 percent). The Great Recession has been called a mancession because manufacturing and construction, two quintessential mens industries, suffered 75 percent of the losses. Where is the benefit of the huge influx of mostly low-skill workers that President Obama referred to above? Obviously, its not benefitting the youth of this country judging by the unemployment rate of 16 to 24 year olds and since only 51.9% are in the workforce. Between outsourcing and the loss of manufacturing and construction jobs, the glut of Blue Collar workers is further depressing wages and as a result, there is no choice but to put additional strain on an already overburdened safety net. It seem to me that the points he made in 2006 hold true in 2014 and dont support helping the American workers, so how does he justify his immigration plan and who exactly is it helping, the American worker or himself? We already know its not helping the American worker, so shouldnt he acknowledge that and the fact that he is the only one in this equation who will benefit!
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:14:46 +0000