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In reply to the discussion: The data that shows Boomers are to blame for the labor shortage [View all]IbogaProject
(3,905 posts)30. Schedules have gotten less predictible
schedules have gotten way less stable and predictable, and the prevailing wage can't support someone. Minimum wage in the 50s, 60s and even some of the 70s it could. health care is way more expensive, housing, and having a car are all much more burdensome with loads of fees and taxes everywhere. and you're forgetting the whole swindle with the student loan debt. Folks before the mid 1980s could graduate college without much if any debt, that hasn't been the case ever since.
Our society is failing as we've spent too much on the Military, and the War on Some Drugs, while allowing health costs to skyrocket.
Can you blame kids who were raised by impoverished millenials for being unemployable?
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What the fuck are you talking about? This STILL has nothing to do with my post.
Scrivener7
Dec 2021
#37
I don't know when "used to be" was, but I came of age in the 70's and had to pay
OnlinePoker
Dec 2021
#25
Better tell employers. My ex-employer didn't want folks to hang around much
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2021
#13
Ah, once again we're being blamed for the woes of the world, blah, blah, blah...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2021
#22
What are you talking about?! Wages need to rise; then there won't be a "labor shortage"
wackadoo wabbit
Dec 2021
#32
$13/hour is still slave wages. If MW had kept up with inflation, it would be more than $24/hour
wackadoo wabbit
Dec 2021
#35