We have the best workers in the world

I recently heard a politician say  " we have the best workers in the world"-

DO WE ?

I am not sure about that anymore. I think we have grown a whole new generation of people in the United States that try to find the easy way or spend their time trying to " game" the system.

Just to say we have the best workers in the world does not make it so.

There is a very good reason why a lot of manual labor jobs are going to Hispanics or to immigrants.
They are the ones that WANT to work.
They are the ones that do not mind sweating and working hard and breaking their back if need be.

I see it and hear it every day.

One of biggest issues in the moving business, especially for our over the road drivers, is labor.
Trying to find people that want to work on the trucks to load and unload is an adventure.
And if you look at some of poorer cities like DC or New Orleans those are the places that it is nearly impossible to find labor or people that you can pay for an honest days work.

I do think we have the capability to be the best and I also believe that we have the best schools and teachers and opportunity than anyone else in the world.
But we need to be honest with ourselves and with our youth.
No matter how smart you think you are you will still need to work hard and sacrifice.
Little is given, even to those with the best opportunities.

No matter how advanced we get and how technical we may get.
Nothing will replace working hard and learning business from the ground up.
Sweat Equity....
You need to appreciate what you get and you need to appreciate what others do and respect the process.

We have the best opportunity than anyone else in the world. What we do with it is up to us.