I remember a time when Americans had more of a work ethic than we do now... when we weren't afraid to take low-wage, or manual labor jobs. When I was a teenager, I mucked out manure at a stable. I cleaned 20 stalls a day to pay for horseback riding lessons. Later, I worked for a large greenhouse. I was the only American there, the rest of the workers were Mexican summer workers. Even then, not many American kids were willing to put their back into anything, and that was in the 1980's! As I got older, I worked lots of jobs, payed my own way through college (back when a part time job was enough to pay for college) and became more and more amazed at how few Americans my own age were willing to go the extra mile.

I think a lot of people are in for a rude awakening.