American Millennials trail the pack

I have discussed this topic with you before. Certainly the evidence shows that youth from other countries are passing youth from the United States in terms of education, literacy, and skills needed for effective upper wage employment.I have been a Union Steward at my job (Grocery Store) for many years now, and I have seen an employer that will look anywhere for skilled management and yet will hire --and pay---domestic youth labor far less than even WalMart now pays.I dislike this aspect of capitalism and free enterprise because what is happening is that this country is no longer interested in taking care of its own---from a corporate perspective.Domestic youth are losing this battle for many reasons--and I discuss it with some of them--- and they too are against being displaced by foreign labor.I suppose my question and comment is this:Should Americans invest in and take care of "their own" before seeking workers from other countries?To me it would be like feeding your own family before donating to world hunger.

Its not so much what it should be...we would all disagree on that!Its what it will be.The kids I talk to all want to get paid more, but they have no concept of what they would need or want to learn.