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MAJ Ken Landgren
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I will just pretend this is not happening as he seems infallible to many folks.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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What everyone isn't seeing is that he has to attempt to hire American for a specific period of time. If no takers he then can file the request for foreign workers. The problem is that where MarE-Lago is located minimum wage jobs that are seasonal are hard to fill with Americans because they don't have full time employment jwith benefits because again they are seasonal. On top of that a lot of uneducated Americans withg very little skills find these jobs beneath them and won't apply...I have personally witnessed this. Foreigners can come in and work, and go home and come back next year. His company is abiding by the laws set forth by previous admins. Farmers have been doing this for over twenty plus years.
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SSG William Bowen
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I like your comment the jobs are beneath the group of people you described. I have personally witnessed this myself also. This kind of goes along with my comment above about our younger generation. So many young people enjoy the lifestyle their parents have provided, through their years and years of hard work doing jobs exactly like this, and the kids have assimilated into that lifestyle like it was their own. They want to be 20 years old and have all the things their parents have achieved through years of working and sacrifice. I sometimes think some of it may be our own fault because we want our kids to have a better life than we did, so maybe we give them a little too much. It;s not all the younger generation, as I know a lot of younger people that will say, "I ain't working there", but I also know some that would jump at the chance to do this as a part time gig on top of their full time gig.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
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He had hundreds of takers that he turned down.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr - Did he have hundreds of applications that didn't have the skill sets he was looking for? Were they offered the job and they turned it down or were they trying to negotiate a better wage and weren't hired, or were they just turned down? If they were just turned down then the request will be denied. Too much of he said she said and we will never know the truth but the way it is currently being spun is that they weren't offered the jobs to begin with and they went straight to hiring foreign workers. Again I am not 100 percent and no one will fully know the truth but that is what I believe.

I have a friend in the construction business and he pays pretty good (well above minimum wage for starters) for the various experiences he needs...however, he can't get Americans to work for him on a regular basis because they think they should be making 30-40 an hour with benefits. Same with farm workers in our area...it is hard work and they just don't have the skills but want the money. Once again this is not new to the US workforce.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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SSG William Bowen - agreed. Too many kids graduating college and expecting to drive the same type of car, live in the same type of house, in the same type of neighborhood that mom and dad ahave worked for over 30 years to get too. I tell my daughter all the jobs I had to take when I was a kid if I wanted spending money, wolring three jobs in college just to pay tuition, and I showed her my Social Security listing that has your salaries since the beginning of time and it had my enlisted wages and my forst officer wages when me and her mom were starting out. Dang we were broke and we definitely did not start out where they were. We had to work to get where we are now and she understands. I Had a grown friend in Ohio that was out of work and need some income. I told them there was a attendant position at the local quick stop and they got mad and said that was beneath them and their education. I told them to hold out their hand and tell me what was in it, they said nothing and I said exactly....drop the pride and go to work somewhere and get something until you can find what you want and that meets your education and experience level.
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SSG William Bowen
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I cannot say for sure whether this is a good thing or bad thing. Many media outlets are going to print whatever becomes anti-Trump, and it may very well be he is not playing by the same rules as he projects to others. You can drive around just about any town in America and see help wanted signs on the windows and walls, the newspapers and other local private papers will have help wanted adds, you can got to Monster.com or other websites and seek employment, yet we have a lot of people that do not have jobs or work less hours than are available. The article says only 17 of 300 American applicants were hired. That seems a little off, and as I already stated, maybe there is something shady going on. Where did the NY times get that info? On the other hand, how many jobs are full time with benefits, how much work is involved, how many Americans did they take through the whole process and offer them a job, did everyone that was offered a job take it; perhaps there were some people that didn't want the job for the pay and what kind of work they would have to do. What is the cost of living in the area, what is the commute time, what kind of employee parking is there, and other considerations? Look at the website, it is a very lavish and luxurious place. I would not want to work for 12 or 13 bucks an hour sucking the asses of extremely rich people. Americans are lazy by nature it seems, especially our younger generation. Some of them would rather not have a job and live at mom and dads playing Xbox all day. They probably wouldn't even have the ass kissing skills needed for a place like this. It is kind of funny how people say Trump is a racist and does not want immigration, but then at the same time reports this story where people are being given the opportunity to come here and work for more money than they could in their own country. It is a wonderful idea that Americans could and would do all the jobs in America, but realistically it doesn't seem to be happening. There is the old argument that these people come here and take our jobs. I used to live in Georgia and you see new neighborhoods being built all the time and the majority of labor is Hispanics. Is this because they do it for cheaper, or is it because they will just do it? It is very hot in Georgia in the summer, and many people are not go to lay concrete and shingle houses for 10 bucks an hour. Like I said, could be something shady going on, or it could be people just don't want to work there.
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