Americans To Do Hard Labor In Guam

Comment on your post "Guam Military Buildup":

Subic Bulletin. Re: Your last last sentence hoping for Filipino involvement in Guam military construction.

With Stateside unemployment in the double digits in many areas, Guam needs to offer these jobs to other Americans willing to travel to this US territory, before handing them out to the citizens of foreign nations.

[The Subic Bulletin] while some others share your sentiment including grandstanding US politician Neil Abercrombie, we somehow can't help to think that this is highly unlikely unless the plan involves taking a pickup truck down to the local DIY to pick up loads of Mexican illegals, oops, I mean "undocumented Americans".

Fact is western society gives so much to low income earners that the desire to get out and do hard labor dwindles. If the politicians do force the Guam project to be all American labor they can be sure that costs are way up and productivity will be way down while the unions will be urging everyone to strike for better conditions, but its OK the Hawaiians will sleep through it all.

Add to this the Chamorros who say they don't want the base but still have a higher enlistment rate than any other US state or territory, shouldn't they be first in line?

Actually your comment sums it up well "Americans willing to travel to this US territory", OK so we have two workers ready to go!

I do exaggerate a little of course but the sentiment is there, so here's a choice for you, give the jobs to people who are already quite happy spending there time showing that the US social welfare system works, a system designed and implemented by the good old USA so that no one has to worry about feeding their family or give the jobs to those who are so hungry for the jobs that they will head off for years at a time and do anything just so they know their families can eat.

We would like to think that Americans can also be sensible and humanitarian, or are we wrong?