Are you suggesting that everyone in the US has their pick of jobs right now? Do you really think with how desperate times are people wouldn't be willing to work in a nice air conditioned factory for $8/hr? And how about the supervisor positions, the industrial engineer positions, the HR positions, etc etc that are paid above that wage. "No one will do the jobs" just seems like FUD. I've never seen any proof of it. I don't know where the basis for the argument comes from. It almost seems... classist?
Don't understand why you can't imagine someone wanting these jobs. Are you suggesting that this is most menial form of labor on the planet? There are far worse jobs to have. There are far worse jobs that are performed in abundance everyday (e.g. fast food).
Anyway, regardless of where the work is in the pecking order, it's still work, it's still opportunity, it's still income. People who take pride in their work will take pride in their work in any context.
I know people personally right now who would be happy to have the job. When you can't find other work and your savings have been depleted by healthcare bills, I don't know what would stop you.
