Why do we export so much unskilled labor and then wonder why the uneducated can't seem to find jobs?

[Herald]

You probably meant to ask why we export so many unskilled jobs. It is simple economics, and is primarily due to government regulations over the free market in America. There is an artificial wage (minimum wage) scale forced upon businesses operating in America, for one. People rarely note the connection, but unemployment invariably rises when these policies are enacted. The government responds by taxing companies (and individuals) at higher percentages in order to pay for social programs to soften the blow for those who become unemployed as a direct result of minimum wage increases. This doubles the 'hit' on private industries, and so they must adjust their labor forces even more to compensate. They also come to rely more on machinery that can replace workers as it becomes less feasible to employ people over machines. On top of that, many small businesses are family owned, so when it gets to the point that they are struggling under the yoke of government regulations and taxation they simply choose to close up shop and retire and/or re-invest in areas where jobs aren't created because it is no longer worth the 'hassle'. Add to that illegal immigrants who take many of those unskilled labor jobs and it isn't hard to see why things are the way that they are. It is actually worse than that because artificial wages force costs of commodities up as well, and so any 'raise' people received is eaten up by their day to day expenses increasing. Those who no longer have employment face a more difficult time with their reduced incomes, whether getting unemployment in the wake of the loss or welfare. It is all smoke and mirrors, and yet those who are harmed the most fall for it hook, line, and sinker ... and re-elect those who advance such policies that a compliant media assures people are in the best interests of the American people.