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Yes, it does. There are not enough working people to fill the jobs looking for employees.
If that is true then we need to regulate business startups in keeping with the available labor pool. As I said, there are far too many restaurants, hotels and other low paying jobs that can't be filled with enough workers and the solution isn't to import a bunch of foreigners both legal and illegal because they become dependent on the government (via the taxpayer) to subsidize their low incomes. They tend to have many children also which puts added stress on our welfare coffers. It creates a whole host of other problems also. Overcrowded schools, healthcare facilities, roads and neighborhoods and the depletion of our natural and social resources. Culture clash is another factor. Our American youth and less educated adults can fill those low paying jobs.
The greedy employer who hire illegals don't care about skills. All they care about is getting the job done cheap.
Exactly why I Retired I did finish Carpentry for 48 years and have equipment and skill that would blow your mind.But I was replaced by installers mostly Mexicans who can install prefab cardboard crap.
There, I fixed that for you. It's a labor shortage for those whom seek to pay 'em low and work 'em like a dog. If they paid more, and provided a better place to work, the level of applicants would rise. The so-called "shortage" would cease to exist.
I just don't see why people don't get this exceedingly simple concept.
It is a simple concept.
Unfortunately, it clashes with the employers' contention that they can't pay workers more because a) it cuts too far into profit margins and investor/banker expectations and b) consumers won't buy things that are priced too high.
These are also exceedingly simple concepts
Unless American policy makers stop worshipping in the church of Wall Street, we are in fact caught between a rock and a hard place on this issue.
Yes, it does. There are not enough working people to fill the jobs looking for employees.
No, it seems to make sense on the surface, but it means nothing of the sort. First, "job openings" are not jobs until the prospective employer finds someone who is willing and able to do the work on terms acceptable the prospective employer. There's no particular reason to expect this employee to come from the ranks of the unemployed. Second, the number of "job openings" is meaningless, because someone can create a million "job openings" any time he wants.
No, it seems to make sense on the surface, but it means nothing of the sort. First, "job openings" are not jobs until the prospective employer finds someone who is willing and able to do the work on terms acceptable the prospective employer. There's no particular reason to expect this employee to come from the ranks of the unemployed. Second, the number of "job openings" is meaningless, because someone can create a million "job openings" any time he wants.
If a job is filled from the ranks of the employed (common occurrence) it creates..... another job opening thus, the numbers remain the same.
As for the rest... are you claiming that companies are falsely creating job listings? Towards what purpose?
Or are you saying the government is falsifying numbers to make the economy look better than it is?
Interesting.
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Call this a "shortage" if you like, I consider this a glorious worker's boom. I read that report, it tells about how the table has shifted in favor of employees rather than employers. Wages are rising, and wage inequality is finally narrowing (although it still has a long ways to go.)
If this a "labor shortage," why in the heck is it a "problem"? We should be having a National Day of Celebration for having an economy which actually "works" for most people.
A few businesses do get pinched in the process - some might even die. Does that bother me? Not a whit. Why should it bother anyone? It's called a free market for a reason, and it really does work wonders if you leave it alone.
More people making more money = this country is doing the right thing, for once.
If that is true then we need to regulate business startups in keeping with the available labor pool. As I said, there are far too many restaurants, hotels and other low paying jobs that can't be filled with enough workers and the solution isn't to import a bunch of foreigners both legal and illegal because they become dependent on the government (via the taxpayer) to subsidize their low incomes. They tend to have many children also which puts added stress on our welfare coffers. It creates a whole host of other problems also. Overcrowded schools, healthcare facilities, roads and neighborhoods and the depletion of our natural and social resources. Culture clash is another factor. Our American youth and less educated adults can fill those low paying jobs.
Again, I agree with the bold. I also firmly believe that the Federal Government should enforce the border and restrict immigration, so I'm with you on that.
Where i disagree is the regulation part. Why do we need to regulate business startups? Let the free market do the dirty work, man...lol.
If those low-paying businesses can't find enough workers - what happens? They go away. It's the government's job to keep out the hordes. It's *our* job to make do with what we have here, which includes a 100 million-plus workforce.
The labor shortage is in skilled blue collar work...electricians, plumbers, car mechanics.
And it's been going strong for over a decade....... My career is in training EXACTLY those people, and I can tell you without a doubt, that finding qualified, skilled labor has been a nightmare since the boomers started retiring.
As for Walmart cutting their hours: It has nothing to do with supply and demand, and everything to do with skirting labor laws. Part time workers get less benefits. That's all it's about. And it's not just WalMart. So people end up working two or three jobs, well over 40 hours, and still don't get the benefits. Yet another argument for universal healthcare, or at least the availability of it for those who want it.
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We should be having a National Day of Celebration for having an economy which actually "works" for most people.
