Those days are over, part 1

Here's a little ditty I like to call "those days are over". Its a phrase I use when I see or hear a person or group trying to ignore the current state of affairs, and mix an ounce of ignorance to explain a situation. This weeks episode begins with the Teamsters and others trying to demonize the people of Mexico over the proposed opening of the border to truck drivers. About a year ago, I was on my way home from Atlanta, and stopped for gas in some tiny, south Georgia gas station. I saw a shitty looking tractor trailer park outside the store, and the door open. I then watched as an entire family of Mexicans climbed out of the truck to stretch their tiny Mexican legs. Mama, Papa, and about four little seesters were living in that God damned truck. I knew when I saw this, that the Mexicans had found trucking. So, we have established that they are working now as truckers. Twenty years ago, my father stopped doing floor covering for a living for two reasons. One, his knees were going bad. And two, Mexicans started laying carpet. My Pop got out of that biz and began learning a new, more lucrative way to earn money. Here's my point. Mexicans don't set prices. They accept the pay they are offered to do what are known as blue collar jobs in America. A truck driver has to be payed to deliver what they are hauling. Americans need to seek out the corporations that are cutting their throats, and stop blaming the Mexicans. Ten years ago, a company called E-Trade posted a billboard along a busy highway in Atlanta that read, "If your boss could pay you less, he would". The truth is, he would pay you less, and so would anyone for any service you could offer. People used to pay a little more to help out the folks they knew and lived around in this country. Those days are over. Here's my advice- learn to do a job that an uneducated 19 year old Mexican can't do, and learn to speak Spanish.