[stanne]

I can’t get anyone to mow my lawn. They’d rather play video games and collect government money.

That’s the competition. The Biden 6 trillion dollars in 3 months budget.

[kearnyirish2]

All of my teens worked - but NJ had to up the minimum wage to $12/hour to get many people to do so.

[llevrok]

That’s the competition. The Biden 6 trillion dollars in 3 months budget.

That's it exactly. The government is the competition for wages. As long as they offer a financial alternative to doing real work, then there will be no incentive to "change jobs" and that may lead to labor shortages.