[Gritty]

With nearly half-a million hires a year he tells me, he can find a job for “any American with a strong work ethic and can pass a drug test.”

"Houston, I think we see the problem...!"

It also doesn't help the government will take generous take care of anybody who doesn't want to work.

[bert]

——”Houston, I think we see the problem...!”——

I have occasion to visit manufacturers on behalf of their customers.

At one place I visit, the boss always finds a reason to be on the floor to see that I am cared for. Over the years he and I have a chat for several minutes.

He made a nice expansion that allowed him to move some of his recieved materials and convert the old space to increased manufacturing capacity. I complimented him on his expansion. There was a problem.... a big problem.

He couldn’t find people to work that would
a. come to work everyday or
b. pass the drug test.

He said his total costs for medical checks including drug screening and back ground and etc cost him about $1,300 per new hire. He had been at it 6 months and still wasn’t up to speed. He finally quit all the other checks until he nailed down the drug test.

He had good “manufacturing” jobs in a small very specialized business with strong export sales.