[ClearCase_guy]

I am also confused by this.

Gas is expensive.
Food s expensive.
Rent is expensive.

And no one wants to work because people no longer have a work ethic? That doesn’t really make sense. People may not want to work, or may not want to work for paltry wages — but you need money to survive. Millions of people are (apparently) surviving without working. How do they manage that?

[Tell It Right]

Don't forget the phenomenon of multiple adult generations living in the same home. Basically, there aren't enough of us Generation X'ers telling our grown Generation Z "kids" that they either have to work and pay "rent" or they're kicked out.

Mine are all moved out even though my youngest is 22. I'm actually for young adults living with their parents as long as they're working and saving and investing for their own place. Two of my kids did that, with them showing me each month how much they were setting aside. One of my kids moved out early on his own ambition. Only one had to be told after high school to either work and contribute or get out.

But we're weird. Most families aren't doing that. Combine that phenomenon with the baby boomers retiring in droves, especially with the china virus accelerating an already big retirement phase, and there's a yuge shortage of labor.

[brianl703]

The examples I know of are all subsisting on SSI (disability) and other government handouts.

[PapaBear3625]

And no one wants to work because people no longer have a work ethic? That doesn’t really make sense. People may not want to work, or may not want to work for paltry wages — but you need money to survive. Millions of people are (apparently) surviving without working. How do they manage that?

Part of it is from men not being interested in marriage under the new rules.

Single guys can be satisfied with a small apartment and a game box.