A job that no American will do, not even for $50 an hour

[Hello_Kitty]

Is a job that shouldn't exist. At least not in its current form.

Just sayin'.

[handmade34]

1. I agree

if there is a job that an American won't do... it needs to be rethunk

[LynneSin]

2. What like Sarah Palin's Fluffer

:scared:

[treestar]

13. That I would turn down, even at $50 per hour

That and publicist for Rush Limbaugh. Just could not do it. Even if it pays a million a year.

[LynneSin]

14. A million a year? Am I allowed to wear full body condom when doing it

:hide:

[arcadian]

47. I'd do that.

But she probably wouldn't pay you, she expect you to do it for the privilege of having done it.

[Arugula Latte]

49. Now I must beat you for planting that image in my brain.

:spank:

[anigbrowl]

3. Context?

[Hello_Kitty]

9. Ever hear the phrase "jobs Americans won't do"? I'd say the context is self-evident. eom

[Chulanowa]

15. Fifty dollars an hour?

What, low-end prostitution?

if so, I guess we can agree...

if not, I have no damn idea what you're on about.

[Hello_Kitty]

17. John McCain told a bunch of union guys they wouldn't pick produce for $50 an hour.

But for some reason, the people who are currently doing it are making far, far less.

[Chulanowa]

18. John McCain's a dumbass. Got it

Kind of an odd way to go about stating the obvious, though. Oh well :)

[Michigan-Arizona]

19. The stupid jerk told that to the UAW worker's in Michigan

From what I heard he was swamped with people calling his Phoenix office wanting to apply for the lettuce picking job's in Yuma, Arizona. What a complete idiot he is!

[JNelson6563]

44. Aren't these cryptic posts annoying?

DU is becoming more and more like if you don't follow the MSM and every post here you won't get the posts. How sad, this place used to be so informative.

Julie

[anigbrowl]

48. Yes, very. nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. This makes sense. Are you thinking of any job in particular? -nt

[Winterblues]

5. Is there such a job?

I know of none..

[Ian David]

6. Nuclear power rod taster. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

10. I hear it tastes just like steroid infused chicken. n/t

[Winterblues]

24. I thought Homer Simpson had that job..

:crazy:

[slampoet]

45. Scuba Diver For City Sewer Systems.

These guys dive into sewers with full scuba gear, well really they use to OLD full diving suit. They swim in filth all day, blind without being able to see. If you are a qualified diver you can get one of these jobs......

OH, and BTW - Their health plan is one of those Cadillac plans they wanted to tax heavily.

[Cleita]

7. I suppose you are talking about immigrants.

This little meme is always brought up about immigrants. It is in fact a red herring.

[Subdivisions]

8. Mike Rowe would do it. n/t

[TwilightGardener]

11. Is this the McCain lettuce-picker thing? 'Cause I would certainly pick lettuce for $50/hr.

[Lagomorph]

20. I picked fruit...

Better try it first. It isn't so easy.

[Hello_Kitty]

21. So the pay should be decent and the safety of the workers prioritized, right? eom

[Lagomorph]

37. They could always cut farm subsidies....

Paying people not to grow food, just to prop up food prices, doesn't sit well with me. If you want to pay an hourly wage, rather than paying them for what they harvest, as is done now, then we'd have to reestablish some market equilibrium.

[B Calm]

12. Hell CEO's make more than that!

[Brother Buzz]

16. Steeplejack

I've worked atop seventy foot sailboat masts rocking in a heavy serge but this, well this scares me to death

[deaniac21]

22. I'm a vampire so I really try to stay away from crosses too!

[happyslug]

23. $100,000 a year to pick lettuce, people would jump at that job

40 hours a week Times 52 weeks is 2080 work hours a year. If you take 2 week unpaid vacation that leaves 2000 work hours a year. At $50 a hour that is $100,000 a year.

At 100,000 a year you are among the richest 20% of Americans i.e. 80% of Americans make LESS money then 100,000 a year
http://felfoldi.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/does-your-family-make-100000yr/

The New York Time claims that only 10% of the population makes more then $100,000 a year in 2007:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/business/29tax.html

Wikipedia says 15.7% of Americans make more then $100,000 a year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

[Hello_Kitty]

25. Oh but it's too hard for Americans, at any price.

Yet, for some reason, people from other countries will do it for 1/10 that amount.

But it's not like they're being exploited for other people's profit or anything.

[HopeHoops]

26. You mean like Limbaugh's personal "wiper"?

:hurts:

[Confusious]

29. Ok, I didn't think there was a job I wouldn't do for $50 an hour

But you found one. You have a terrible mind. I am scared.

[HopeHoops]

31. Well? Think about it. He certainly can't reach back there.

E-FUCKING-GADS! He's so vile, maybe he doesn't BOTHER with wiping!!!!

[Confusious]

32. Ok, that is sick sick sick sick

You've let the genie out of the bag. Some ideas just cannot be put back in.

Now I'll have that thought coming up again and again the rest of my life.

Are you happy with yourself? :)

[HopeHoops]

42. Well, I suppose I could consider it an accomplishment - a "lifetime achievement" as it were.

[MineralMan]

41. Dude uses a bidet. Don't tell anyone...

[HopeHoops]

43. He'd need a damn FIRE HOSE for that job!

[Blue Meany]

27. I don't think they do exist. American's may not want to pick

tomatoes for the price farmers are willing to pay, but start paying decent wages and they won't have any problem finding workers.

[Hello_Kitty]

28. So breathtakingly obvious, isn't it? eom

[Confusious]

30. Shit, I'd do tomatoes for $15 an hour

and all the tomatoes I could eat. I would be in heaven.

Of course you'd be reading "man dies of tomato overdose"

[donheld]

35. Would you do it for $5?

[treestar]

40. The income has to come first for the employer though

A business has to have customers and bring in money first, then it can hire and pay people.

Someone comes to me and says I will work for you if you pay me $X, I have to be making enough to pay that. If I can pay the person less, then they won't do the job - it's all or nothing. Not every employer is a meanie. Running a business means bills. And you have to have a surge in customers who will pay before you can offer someone a job.

[Obamanaut]

33. A poster here turned down a job with the census. Reportedly

has two master's degrees and was disappointed with what he/she was offered, and was concerned that the census job would affect unemployment.

So, I guess there are jobs that some Americans won't do.

[Hello_Kitty]

38. Being concerned about how a temporary job will affect your UI is perfectly reasonable

Really has nothing to do with my OP.

[donheld]

34. What about jobs that no American's will do for $7 an hour?

That's the issue not $50

[Initech]

36. Dick Cheney's heart attack preventer?

[rationalcalgarian]

39. High-rise window washer

uh-uh.... no way... my palms are getting sweaty just thinking about it! Intense fear of heights! :scared:

[slampoet]

46. Scuba Diver For City Sewer Systems.

Scuba Diver For City Sewer Systems is a job no one would do for $50 an hour but for a little more than that you can sometimes find someone qualified.

and every Major City needs one of these guys eventually.

These guys dive into sewers with full scuba gear, well really they use to OLD full diving suit. They swim in filth all day, blind without being able to see. If you are a qualified diver you can get one of these jobs......

OH, and BTW - Their health plan is one of those Cadillac plans they wanted to tax heavily.

[seabeyond]

50. there are a number of jobs i would not do for any money.... nt

[Hello_Kitty]

51. What people are failing to understand on this thread is that it's not about what YOU will do.

I'm talking about when employers say they can't find a single American to do the job they offer, or when people make categorical statements about jobs and nationalities. It's not just dubious, it's frankly racist.

Yeah, you wouldn't see me washing windows on a 75 story high rise but there are people willing to do it if you pay them enough.

[seabeyond]

53. ah. gotcha. nt

[proteus_lives]

52. There is very, very, very little I wouldn't do for $50 an hour.

$50 an hour? A man could dream.