Tradesman 2013

  I'm a Tradesman, have been for over 20yrs in one trade.... I served a 4 year Apprenticeship in this trade, spent 2k (if you don't know what 2k stands for, it stands for 2,000) hour in school learning this trade to become a Journeymen in this trade. 

 So, back in 2009 I started to be laid-off from jobs in this trade and every time I would seek work, I noticed that the pay for the particular trade was going down... now this trade was paying approximately $20 an hour give or take a dollar or two or sometimes  three (some may scoff at the wage and other may see it as a lot, I see it as struggling to be middle class... I live in the south east.).  So, looking for work after my first lay-off... 2009,  I noticed employers were offering around 14 to 16 dollars an hour..... which I excepted to happen after so many people like myself were being laid-off and now there was an over abundance of workers willing to take these jobs for less pay (you know having bills to pay and families to support)... ok understandable  that, that would happen.  

   But now the present, looking for a job in this trade the year being 2013 and finding employers offering 10 to 12 dollars an hour to do this job, So what gives... what the hell is going on, a job just a few years ago was paying 20 per hour and now 1/2 that...... are these trade jobs being add to the long, long, long list of jobs "that Americans don't want to do" because these employers know they will not get Americans to do them at that price and they know they can get illegal's to do them (and by the way nothing against legal immigrants... so STFU all you out there that call people racist that want this problem solved and not solved with amnesty, you got that you pieces of shit)... and our political class in this country is going to and has let this happen, WTF has gone wrong with this Country called U.S. of America.

  That now I am and will be forced to find employment outside of this trade and knowing at my age learning a new one is out of the question (now just think put yourself in my shoes, learn another trade just to lose it like this one... not a chance I will go through this again) and I will be grateful to find an unskilled job or two, to make ends meet like so many Americans sense the economic down turn of 2008.... due to the same political class..... sorry the corrupt political class that caused the economic down turn and growing that list of jobs "that Americans don't want".  

   WTF my fellow American citizens are you all dumb-asses and part of the 51% that is drinking that shit called cool-aide coming from these corrupt political whores  or are you one of the fortunate of society that doesn't think or worry about shit like this.... your one of those who hire people for them "jobs Americans don't want"?

  So... if you can help me out in any way and not give a hand out but a hand up... some advice of encouragement that things will get better, things I can't and so many people like me can't see, then do so and thanks.

  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.