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There Is No Labor Shortage
Intolerable working conditions are finally not being tolerated.
If you’ve been following any economic news lately, you will have hear about the so-called labor shortage being faced by America’s companies the past few months.
Story after story shows owner after owner bemoaning the lack of workers available for their open positions.
What’s funny is that they should have seen this coming for months, as labor issues were set to persist for much longer than anything related to the pandemic.
What many companies are starting to realize is that the shortage is not in labor, but rather jobs with good pay and decent benefits.
What the Labor Shortage Isn’t
The labor shortage is not a demand for free money, so let’s dismiss all the bullshit about people not wanting to work because of enhanced unemployment benefits.
It’s a red herring.
It’s click bait.
It’s informational junk food.
This is the media giving their audience exactly what they want.
Companies want to hear it because it gives them a reason to keep wages depressed and blame others, deflecting any responsibility, and labeling those who…
