July 03, 2007

Elaine Chao: American workers are lazy, angry, unkempt, unhygenic

Via this we find this short interview (conducted by someone with the somewhat improbable name of Lyric Wallwork Winik) with U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao:

You could lose your job to a foreign worker—not because he's cheaper but because he has better workplace skills and discipline. That's the message Labor Secretary Elaine Chao hears from U.S. executives who are worried about America's competitive future. While losses are low thus far—one study estimates that only 280,000 jobs in the service industry out of 115 million are outsourced each year—that could change. Beyond the cheaper cost of labor, U.S. employers say that many workers abroad simply have a better attitude toward work. "American employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene," says Chao. "They need anger-management and conflict-resolution skills, and they have to be able to accept direction. Too many young people bristle when a supervisor asks them to do something."

As one of the commenters on the story pointed out (although I might put it slightly differently):

I found myself getting caught up in the demoralizing nature of her comments and then it occurred to me that's basic PsychOps mind control: hit the enemy and break their spirit then you can control them. Her comments are far too blantant to have really been her idea. So therefore she's just a patsy for a greater scheme to break the spirit of the American people.

Posted to Politics at July 3, 2007 08:20 PM

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