I just lost a system administrator from my San Diego office to another employer in VA. The employee could not cobble up enough to qualify to buy even a small condo in San Diego with both spouses working. He could afford a place in VA and had a good enough offer to jump ship. I spent two years training the guy in Linux and VMware to augment his Windows credentials. Once again, I have two offices in two cities with no sysadmins. People in that pay grade can't afford San Diego and don't want to work in Omaha. After camping in a rented bedroom in San Diego for 5 years to help that project, I'm back home in Idaho. No real desire to repeat the experience.
The only thing that is going to save us from total financial meltdown is austerity - before it’s too late.
Looks like Trump may actually be doing that. However, like Chemo, it’s gonna hurt like hell before it fixes the problem. I don’t know if ANY politician can survive that.
We’ll find out.