You know why they are not willing? Because they don't have to. That's the only explanation. If there are farm jobs in California paying $12 an hour (An Iowa State University
study found wages earned by farm workers at $12.90/hour so this myth that illegals are getting paid salve wages is bunk). If you still are willing to stay unemployed in Atlanta then it can only mean you are happy where you are. The welfare state has created its own "minimum wage". The collective benefits, especially if you throw in medicaid, far outpaces the minimum wage. Why work?
That is true and it all stems from one thing all over the world: Urbanization
The myth that Americans or Canadians or Iranians are unwilling to do hard labor is just that, a myth.
It's also a myth that Afghans are willing to do hard work more than Iranians. That's not true at all. Willingness to do hard labor always stems from "need". A human desperate for money or goods will do anything regardless of their nationality.
Traditionally, hard labor has been done by younger boys who are at the beginning of their adult life. Even during the first 100 years of modern urbanization the youth were a big pool of cheap labor. Cheap labor by youth is what made giants out of corps like McDonalds and Burger King.
Unfortunately, the urban population managed to over-protect their kids and over-blew their confidence into oblivion. They've been less and less willing to do hard work for small money because they've been promised the world by their parents as long as "they stay in school". The real world rarely gives a shit about degrees and education. When I want to hire someone in IT, I put more value in their 2 summers of work at a horse stable than their meaningless university degree. No university ever taught people how to "work".
Don't get me wrong. I love the academic life myself. I enjoy learning and experimenting. If I could afford it, I would stay in school forever, but that's the key: IF I could afford it. What that means is at the end of the day education is a losing venture in terms of money.
The youth of today don't understand how money works. They don't learn where money comes from and where it goes. They don't take on ventures that involve moving to another state or province in order to "find their place in life" because they've been told that "they're special". Every kid thinks he/she is special! The money world doesn't think so.
So in the long run welfare and handout programs get introduced to continue this pathetic urban lifestyle that lacks in production, but is lavish in consumption. Fragile irrelevant service jobs are introduced to create an illusion of productivity while real money is always always always generated from extracting commodities and manufacturing. There are still lost souls on this planet that think real monetary value can be extracted from service jobs. Without products and commodities, the net wealth gain of any community will remain a big fat zero.
Now lets add more government programs to tackle "youth unemployment"!