Fifty-one percent of liberals and 45 percent of Democrats told a pollster that too few of their fellow Americans are willing to fill construction, technology, hospitality, and other service jobs, regardless of pay.
The liberal responses “are driven by contempt for their fellow-countrymen in general and working-class whites in particular,” suggested Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies. Their view of Americans as “lazy and entitled” is combined with “a veneration of immigrants,” he said.
From June 23 to June 28, Rasmussen asked its panel of 1,500 likely voters:
People say immigrants fill construction, technology, hospitality and other service jobs that Americans don’t want. Are there Americans who would take those jobs if pay and working conditions were improved or are there just not enough Americans willing to do that kind of work?
Most Americans recognized that their fellow citizens would work “if pay and working conditions were improved.” The recognition came from 54 percent of likely voters, 70 percent of Republicans, 67 percent of conservatives, but just 34 percent of liberals and 41 percent of Democrats.
The opposite view — “There are just not enough Americans willing to do that kind of work” — was endorsed by 45 percent of Democrats, 51 percent of liberals, 38 percent of postgraduates, and by just 19 percent of Republicans and 20 percent of conservative.
Fourteen percent of Democrats and 15 percent of liberals declined to declare an answer.
The will-work-for-pay view was endorsed by 53 percent of people who earn from $50,000 to $100,000, but just 48 percent of people who earned more than $200,000. The “not enough Americans willing” view was touted by 33 percent of people who earn from $50,000 to $100,000, and by 46 percent of $200,000 earners.
The claim that Americans will not work in tough, dangerous, or dirty jobs is contradicted by data.
Source: Neil Munro | Breitbart
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