It's all about that important 3 letter word, J-O-B-S!

And that was before the dementia set in.

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I :heart; Q

Ann Saphir and Lucia Mutikani
Thu, May 6, 2021, 9:44 AM
By Ann Saphir and Lucia Mutikani

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the economy revs up to meet the rapacious demand of tens of millions of newly vaccinated Americans, employers say they cannot fill their yawning need for labor.

Take Alex Washut. In January he mapped out hiring plans for his two breakfast and lunch eateries in western Massachusetts and figured he'd need to hire 20 new cooks, servers, dishwashers and other staff by May. He has doubled wages in some cases but has managed to hire only five; most of the time, he said, job candidates never even show for their interviews.

At the same time, the U.S. economy is down more than 8 million jobs since before the pandemic, and Federal Reserve officials say the true unemployment rate is closer to 10% than the 5.8% a government report is expected to show on Friday.

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Analysts estimate U.S. employers added nearly a million new jobs last month, but the question is not why U.S. employers hired so many, but why they did not hire more?

What gives? It's a long list, but here are some of the highlights:

* Parents - particularly mothers - cannot work because closures or shortened hours at schools and daycare keep them home to watch their kids.

* Would-be workers remain concerned about health risks amid a pandemic still claiming about 700 American lives daily.

* Stock market gains have given some older workers the cushion to retire.

* Some younger workers are finding jobs in new fields, shrinking the labor pool for the industries they left behind.

* Many employers need to fill jobs requiring skills that sidelined workers may not have.

* Employers complain that enhanced unemployment benefits and other government aid are keeping workers on the sidelines, content to collect a check rather than work for a living. Data released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed more than 16 million people are still receiving some form of unemployment benefit, now more than a year into the pandemic.

"We recognize that the labor supply has been affected by the pandemic... (but) are seeing little evidence though that enhanced unemployment benefits are currently affecting Americans' willingness to work," Whitehouse spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday.

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Dora Hates You

^^^That's going to upset poor queencreep, coleslaw, wtf and rusty!!

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

Upset at what? It was a shitty prediction. There are still millions of people who avoid public places that include theme parks, restaurants, bars, clubs and stores. Now factor in the chickens who refuse to get vaccinated and that slows the economy even more.

Next month will be better, as will the next and then the next; 8 million people don't go back to work overnight.

The Markets sure weren't very concerned . lol

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I was right.

Capitalism is great until there is no capital.