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You're a factory worker?
Excuse me if this has already been posted. I didn't see it.
This just caught my attention because of my current situation.Shami says whites unwilling to take on jobs in factories
12:00 AM CST on Saturday, February 13, 2010
By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News
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Democratic candidate for governor Farouk Shami said Friday that white people are not willing to work in factories and as a result, Hispanic labor is essential to the Texas economy.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami, shown in January in San Antonio, says Hispanic labor is essential to the Texas economy.
Shami, a Houston hair care magnate, made the statements during a taping of Inside Texas Politics, which airs at 9 a.m. Sunday on WFAA-TV (Channel 8).
"A majority of the people are going to be Hispanic and African-American," he said. "You don't find white people who are willing to work in factories. And our history proves lots of time when ... the white people come to work in a factory they either want to be supervisors or they want to be paid more than the average person. And unfortunately they exit."
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...omments_anchor
While I understand his point I also think he could have been a bit wiser with his words. If I didn't have the support of my family and my unemployment I wouldn't shy away from the idea of "working in a factory" (and if we want to turn this in to a hate on ashbeeigh thread there's already one in the Club...feel free to go there for that).
Last edited by ashbeeigh; 02-13-2010 at 10:31 PM.
You're a factory worker?
Democratic candidate for governor Farouk Shami said Friday that white people are not willing to work in factories and as a result, Hispanic labor is essential to the Texas economy.
What percentage of jobs in Texas are even FACTORY jobs?? I thought and thought and I do not know even one person in Texas who works in a factory.
Toyota.
San Antonio.
got.
True, to an extent. But he'll be joining Funky Cold in the penalty box.
I have the same problem. But it's not white workers...it's American workers. White, Black, Hispanic..etc. For labor type jobs, 90% of the American workers can't even pass a drug test. I interviewed 50 guys last year, only 2 past the drug test...and those 2 were on parole and had to check in every week.
We use only H2B workers for outside labor jobs now, American workers really don't want to do anything like that for 9-10$/hr.
It is what it is.
Wow Mr. Holland. got? Really?
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This is bull . I'm white and worked in a factory in the summers of 2004 and 2007. 12 hour days, no AC, standing on your feet, ty pay, get treated like sweatshop workers, etc... That's factory work in America for you.
1) She's a lady, do might be more appropriate, though I'm pretty sure she's straight.
Do you want to work in one now?
That's part of the problem with this country today. Companies like yours are harming Americans. It's called supply and demand. If your wages are not enough to entice qualified employees, then you need to raise them. In my opinion, to bring in people from countries with an already lower standard of living, is anti-American. It lowers our standard of living.
Shami's basically committing political suicide but I agree with his generalization that Hispanics are integral to the Texan economy and more willing to put in REAL work
Its arguably basic socioeconomics. Generally speaking, Hispanics came here illegally from the border passionately looking for a job and the greener grass that is the USA. Generally speaking, American families who have been American born for at least a couple of generations expect a greener grass than labor-intensive blue collar jobs and usually have a mindset that such labor is beneath them. This at ude, combined with the overall pussification of Americans and being raised in a service economy, spells a slow death of white representation in the hard knocks jobs.
I do not know anyone who works at Toyota. That is ONE factory, hardly the basis for this guy's claim.
I agree that Hispanics are vital to the Texas economy. I know no one who would dispute that, but just because one person does physical labor does not mean they are working harder than someone who does "intellectual" labor. Plenty of Hispanics have white-collar jobs, too.
What he means is poor people from other countries are willing to be used and exploited for peanuts. With inflation and the cost of living in most of America you can't get by on 9 to 10 dollars and hour. You definitely can't raise a family on that unless you ride a bike everywhere and eat ramen and white bread every day.
This is true, and as long as we allow people in this country willing to work for cheap, those jobs will not increase in pay for employees.
On the flip side, our government provides to well for the chronic unemployed. We would be a financially stronger country if we could get some of those lazy asses into jobs.
How anyone can believe that the DNC is the party that represent the workers is mindboggeling. The DNC is really pushing amnesty and always has.So once again a transparent attempt by the rich to keep the workers down is masqueraded as "social justice".
Race baiting is handed out by the political class instead of substainable jobs, and the rape of the economy by the ruling class is repackaged as "progressive"
It is time all American workers and in particularlly white American workers dump the donkey and the elephant. It's time white American workers tear the mask off of corprate mouthpieces ,instead of electing them to office.
The thing is...this is the basis of his "job creation" platform (and to be honest most of his gubernatorial platform, imho). I'll build X number of factories and that will employ X millions of Texans which will stimulate the economy. If he was running in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc this may be a good platform to run on but it is not. We're a diverse state.
Listening to bits and pieces of the Democratic forum Bill White spoke about job retraining for older Texans who don't have the right skills to get the jobs that are currently available. That's more of a viable "job creation" platform than creating a ton of factories...
And what happens when someone creates something bigger and better than the CHI (his product) and his factories go away? Ugh. I cannot stand this guy. He's a waste of space.
Well, with him at 19% and White at 49%, anyone think this guy has a chance?
Texas Democratic Survey Results starts on page 14.
CG made that point yesterday in another thread, but yeah. Shami is a weak candidate; Bill White isn't.
No problem...you pay me 125$ to have your lawn mowed...and I'll pay my workers whatever you want me to.
Texas has more than 25,000 factories and more than 1 million factory workers.
just because there are no factory workers at your country club doesn't mean they don't exist.
So much for "Give me your tired, your poor..."
Not to mention the "Shining city on a hill" propagated by Saint Ronald.
I watched portions of the debate on Tuesday and there is no way Shami is electable. What he's said here simply reinforces that opinion.
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