[econjack]

I’ve been trying to figure this out myself. Fast food places near me can’t keep/find reliable workers. The economist in me says “raise wages”, but even that seems to have limited impact. Is it because they have other resources to fall back on if they don’t work (e.g., unemployment comp, parents, etc) or is it they’ve bought into the Socialists ideal that the gov’t should provide equally to all people. Personally, I think is a (bad) blend of both. It used to be that if you were on welfare or unemployment comp, the social stigma was such the you worked to get out of that stigma. Today, people seem to think the gov’t owes them. I don’t have a socially acceptable answer.

[PeterPrinciple]

I don’t have a socially acceptable answer.

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Working is a learned skill. It is not taught at a young age. They watch their parents go off to work.

Growing up on the farm or other self employment involved the kids, they watched and participated.

[central_va]

There is a price point for every commodity, even for labor.