I repeat: in what universe do you think America's current statutory and legal environment is a "free market for labor"?
This universe. There is free market for labor. The reason why “management” is having so many issues getting people to work is they need to relearn economic basics. The issues we see now prove my point EVERY DAY. The baby boom supplied an almost endless supply of mid to high IQ labor for over 50 years. Now they are retiring and “management” no longer has the upper hand. They will learn.
How about one in which someone using your account to post has already swallowed the premise that there are people who can labor, but who are holding out for better pay because they are free to do so. Would that do?