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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Nobody in my family, nor any relative i know, nor any neighbor i know, has ever hired anyone to do job that they can do themselves. Maybe im an "old school" American, but in my family, we do our own yardwork, we all pitch in to clean the house, etc. I can't imagine anyone hiring someone for something they can do themselves in a couple of hours on a saturday morning or afternoon. It's not that hard to mow a lawn, or weed some ground coverage.

I think you misunderstood me. I was not referring to people mowing their own lawns, I was referring to people willing to mow other people's lawns for money

As for you and your family willing to mow your own lawn? Well I can respect that. That is your choice.

However if you voluntarily remove yourself from the market (having someone mow your lawn or clean your house) than the discussion we are having does not really apply to you.

Not everyone has the ability to do such things for themselves. There are good people who do pay for someone to help them around the house

Anyway, my point was that there was no line of "good ole Americans" waiting for what they perceived as menial labour. No one... at all... for any price.

There are, however some very nice foreign workers who do a wonderful professional job for not a lot of money. I frankly don't see them taking any jobs away from Americans. I would be thrilled if an American in my neighbourhood would be willing to get their hands dirty for some money. I just don't see it.