[T.B. Yoits]

This isn’t due to welfare. This is a combination of retirements of the baby boomers that was greatly accelerated due to COVID since many could have retired already, workers pulling back from second jobs, and two-income families deciding that they prefer to spend time with their children and live off of one income.

[Tired of Taxes]

Bingo. You wrote it perfectly in your post.

[moehoward]

“This isn’t due to welfare.”

No it isn’t, but they’ll still be saying it in six months.

[mad_as_he$$]

Bingo!

[hanamizu]

This isn’t due to welfare.

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I live in a state that stopped extra unemployment benefits weeks ago. Local restaurants are either closing or greatly limiting their hours because they cannot find waiters/waitresses to work for them. They were hoping when the local university was back in session the shortage would ease up, but so far it has not.

[Chickensoup]

Women coming home? not seeing it here.