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[Syriel]

Perhaps the problem isn't finding people to do the job, but rather the wages that Trump wants to pay?

The requests for H-2B visas, posted on the Department of Labor website, are for 26 cooks, nearly 50 waiters and waitresses, plus housekeepers, a hostess and a bartender. The jobs range in pay from just under $12 to less than $14 an hour. Mar-a-Lago and the Jupiter club have relied on foreign workers in past years for staffing during their peak seasons, which run October through May.

This year, the request for foreign workers comes in the middle of "Made in America" week at the White House. Trump, who has had his own line of ties manufactured overseas, says he wants U.S. companies to focus this week on ways to create more opportunities for American labor.

Source:
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/20/53838...florida-are-seeking-visas-for-foreign-workers

 

[Mr. Giggles]

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[SodiumBenzoate]

I mean, $14/hr isn't that bad for that kind of job, and that area of Florida has a pretty average cost of living.

Must be a shitty place to work.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

THEY'RE TAKING OUR JERBS!

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Every day just another embarrassment.


At this point Trump would have to defecate on himself for me to think he's reached bottom

 

[malfcn]

Smart business man.

/s

 

[aBarreras]

so instead of paying what he should pay to US CITIZENS, he is contractin foreigners?

lol

 

[mlclmtckr]

I can't wait for the Fox News exposé on this!

 

[Host Samurai]

Worlds cheapest man. Making $3.5 million to play golf every weekend and wants to pay people peanuts. He's the definition of a money hoarder.

 

[Ketch]

You guys don't get it. He shouldn't have to pay higher wages.

Rich people don't deserve to make less money.

 

[Host Samurai]

Also isn't he suppose to divest from his business? How is he talking about this in public?

 

[Syriel]

Also isn't he suppose to divest from his business? How is he talking about this in public?

He never divested.

He's just ignoring this.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Makes me laugh even more at the carrier trump supporters getting laid off.

edit: will laugh at coal miners also lol.

 

[Oersted]

Happy Made in America Week

 

[UberTag]

Every day just another embarrassment.

At this point Trump would have to defecate on himself for me to think he's reached bottom

If Trump shat himself he would still find a way to blame Obama for it.
And Fox News would conjure up a conspiracy that Hillary poisoned his food.

 

[plagiarize]

Happy Made in America Week

This.

It's gone as well as jobs week, just as expected.

 

[moffattron9000]

This.

It's gone as well as jobs week, just as expected.

They should really stop doing themed weeks.

 

[iosefe]

i swear when he announced Made in America Day/week, he said they'd say, only buy american, only hire american, or something very similar. i remember doing a small double take wondering if he'd ever say someone wasn't really american


but yeah, it's been 2 days and he's already trying to hire non-american.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Hypocrite-in-chief.

 

[Strike]

"He does it because he's smart!"

Convincing a not so insignificant part of the electorate that he was somehow not going to do what he and rest of the 1% have been doing to them for years on the fact that he had never held a political office before has to be the biggest con he's ever pulled.

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

Yeah but is the visa made in America so we can count it? /s

 

[Angelus Errare]

 

[Wag]

Come on, we all know these people aren't getting paid anyways...

 

[ZOONAMI]

That's actually a good hourly wage for a server but not really any of the other positions if they aren't tipped. My guess is no one is really tipping even the servers jack shit though as it's a private club so everyone probably feels like they are entitled to everything and don't need to tip anyone.

That's probably why they can't find anyone American to work there because the place has a bad rap as low pay and shit for tips.

If they paid $20+ an hour they wouldn't have this problem.

 

[BigDug13]

I mean, $14/hr isn't that bad for that kind of job, and that area of Florida has a pretty average cost of living.

Must be a shitty place to work.

If I was paying $200,000 a year, I'd expect my service to be English fluent and well paid who are beaming from ear to ear to go out of their way to take care of my every need. Not a low paid ESL worker. Otherwise I'd start to ask where all my money is going