Virgil Goode Quotes

I don’t buy the argument that there are certain jobs that American just will not do.

I think Americans are probably getting sick of us Australians trying to take their jobs.

We shouldn't bring in foreign workers to do jobs that belong to U.S. citizens.

There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs.

People are worried about what’s going to happen to their jobs. There’s a lot of off-shoring and out-sourcing taking place. There’s a lot more mobility of labor and of people. Unless we explain what’s happening, people will resort to protectionism and xenophobia.

When you have 7 percent unemployed, you have 93 percent working.

The population feels the physical pressure of the foreigners coming and working here, some [of whom] are prepared to work longer hours or accept less.

We need to preserve jobs in America for American citizens first, and none of the other presidential candidates are - are addressing this issue. It's not politically correct, but it is one thing we could do right away to have jobs in America for American citizens first.

Americans don't believe that we have a surplus of jobs. They believe that we have a surplus of job seekers, and they are competing for these jobs.

Donald Trump has had several foreign wives. It turns out that there really are jobs Americans won't do.

England pulled out from the European Union (EU) out of anger, as locals there were not getting jobs. They also have no work like Maharashtrian youth, as 'outsiders' had grabbed all the opportunities.

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

Unemployment in America today is too high. And part of the reason, unfortunately, is that many companies cannot fill the high-skilled jobs increasingly at risk of going overseas.

The gap between rich and poor under President Obama is getting bigger because fewer well-paying jobs are available. Corporations are being taxed to the hilt and are loathe to add more workers. Thus, salaries fall because there are more than enough applicants to fill any job vacancy.

With 1.7 million private sector jobs lost and half a million jobs shipped overseas over the past three years, we must take action to spur job creation and restore economic prosperity.

London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country.

Put baldly, city officials don’t want migrants stealing local resident’s rice bowls.

While the American can out-work the alien, the alien can so far under-live the American as to force him out of all competitive labor.

There is this real divisive theory that if we allow more immigrants to come into this country, that they're going to take our jobs. It is simply not true. Every person I know who wants to work in a hotel and change sheets can do it.

After years of mass immigration, falling wages, and surging joblessness, isn't it time we focused on the needs of the people living here today? Isn't it time we got our own people back to work?

If you lose your job because there has been an influx of labour from another country, that is a legitimate cause for concern.

The H-1B program was never intended to create a pool of foreign labor that displaces Americans' opportunities for good-paying jobs.

Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.

I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs.

We are the only species on the planet without full employment. Brilliant.