What amazes me is that people complain about working for minimum wage at Wal-Mart yet the average hourly wage for an illegal immigrant in DC doing yard work is $10/hour, almost twice the Wal-Mart wage. So why aren't the angry Wal-Mart workers lining up for lawn work?

Plus you can't find an electrician or plumber here. They make $80K on average and the job requires less than a year of training. I literally can't find someone to fix my roof as the roofers in DC are so backlogged and my job is not expensive enough for them.

Complaining Wal-Marters should take a free Pell grant (not a loan, just a giveaway) get training in roofing or HVAC and then they will make big money. There is no dearth of skilled jobs, just of skilled applicants.
Leonardo | Homepage | 05.22.06 - 9:23 pm | #

the real barrier is draconian licensure laws that make it really expensive to get trained as a plumber or electrician.
cicero | Homepage | 05.23.06 - 12:24 pm | #