Illegals have taken up many of the jobs young people used to do, particularly lawn maintenance type jobs. When I was a kid, I earned my pocket money mowing yards in the neighborhood. I know of few kids who do that now.
Movie theaters, by going to megaplexes, have reduced the number of low skilled jobs. The old movie theaters used to have seven employees for a one screen theater: two ushers, two candy counter employees, a projectionist, ticket taker and a ticket seller. Now a theater with sixteen screens will have maybe twelve employees on duty; one ticket taker, four candy counter, two ticket sellers, four or five ushers and one or two projectionists.
At Walmarts and supermarkets, self-check has one employee monitoring four lines, rather than a checker and a bagger in each line.
At some point, they're going to turn the touch screens at the fast food restaurants around and the customer will place their own order, swipe a card, and won't contact a worker until their order is ready.
Finally, theft and idiotic behavior is more acceptable across the board in society today than it was forty years ago. About fifty percent of the unemployed people listed in this article are people an employer doesn't want on their property at all.
You want this guy working for you at any price?
