Half the country has an IQ less than 100. These people LIKE these kind of jobs.
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Not for the minimum wage they are offering... looked at openings in ConnectingColorado (Colorado unemployment’s official state jobs site) and a veteran’s workforce site focusing on Colorado. Hundreds of jobs listed per week. Mostly manufacturing, distribution or some other blue collar work. Remain unfilled week after week.
Pay tops out about $14-$15 an hour. A few $18 to $22 an hour jobs requiring specialized experience, like a CDL. That’s a pay cut and and a huge environment shift for most who previously worked in service-oriented white-collar jobs shut by lockdowns.
Admittedly, we, as a country, forget what it’s like to get our hands dirty to do a job. Me included. We have grown to depend on Juan or Maria from Jalisco for that.
With a tariff or a war they will have to offer more per hr. That is the point.