Why Do We Import Workers With Little Skills?

                                              

I frequently comment  about  poor education American students get in public schools and college, despite the huge taxpayer drain such education takes each and every year.

           

In the high schools, the U.S. has a high dropout rate. It’s interesting to see how we compare with other countries in this regard. Our rate is about 23%, Germany’s is under 3% and Japan’s a bit more than 5%; Great Britain’s about 9%. However, Portugal’s is 37% and Mexico’s 56%.

           

Then there’s the result of U.S. immigration policy where we import even legal immigrants who do not have high school equivalency. How do we train them for the skilled jobs we need? There are already few jobs for the able. How do we prepare for the unready? (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)