tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post1184425890715096936..comments2024-03-29T02:10:58.000-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Job Skills, Jobs LostSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-90106107682039580312011-05-24T10:30:05.997-07:002011-05-24T10:30:05.997-07:00This is sadly so true. Here in Los Angeles, it is...This is sadly so true. Here in Los Angeles, it is hard to find skilled tradespeople under 40 who weren't born south of the border. When I was looking for skilled contractors for some work on my home, they were either from Central America or former Eastern Block countries.<br /><br />I guess I'm turning into an old fogey, but when I was a kid, people talked constantly about having a viable trade and skill set. And there was an acknowledgement that you had to work your way up to get that. We can complain that our schools don't support or teach trades any more, but it's not the school's fault. It's the fault of a society that stopped valuing and emphasizing the idea that having a working trade is the backbone of much of the middle class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-26845043958651639652011-05-21T11:04:53.901-07:002011-05-21T11:04:53.901-07:00Very poignant, but the GOP likes things this way. ...Very poignant, but the GOP likes things this way. Here comes more cheap, immigrant labor...that the GOP can persecute later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com