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2021-05-08 Home Front: Politix

South Carolina, Montana, Florida say 'no' to Democrats' vision of 'Layabout Nation'

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-08 02:25|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 "Just one problem: Nobody wants to work anymore. Huge labor shortages are appearing in the workforce, with most economists attributing the problem to government stimulus payouts, including supplemental checks for the unemployed." So true. I see it every day. Supply line stock outs, back orders and such. Within 24's hours ODs occur after "stimulus" received. These people just do not care. White women and they report liberal women are among the worst. Over 50% have serious mental issues. Years on meds such as for ADD and OCD. Major effort to maintain a stable workforce. They just don't show up for work.

Posted by Dale 2021-05-08 04:15|| 2021-05-08 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It is a highly rational decision to not work when you are being paid 50% or 100% more to not work. As soon as this money disappears, people will go back to work. It's not about "wanting" to work. It's about being able to turn down essentially free (to you) money. Not many people will do that. Even knowing that it's better for you (mentally and physically) to work, and better for society as a whole for you to work, turning down a government subsidy to sit on your butt and get paid more than a day's work could give you is an extremely hard sell.

Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2021-05-08 08:27|| 2021-05-08 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Almost every business in my small town has a now hiring sign in the window. some are closed on weekends or close after 5PM. It will only get worse.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-05-08 08:29|| 2021-05-08 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 The inclination to chronic indolence is as old as humanity. It just used to be that the gummint didn't make it a viable way to go via confiscatory taxation and politically motivated redistribution.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-08 10:09|| 2021-05-08 10:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Working is a learned behavioral trait.

Use to be the penalty for not learning how to work, was death in its many natural ways.

Then came the safety net.

Then came the hammock.

And now, with these 21st century children, they were taught they were expected to work, but not why. That is the failure of the previous couple of generations, who were probably not sure why either, when you could just hippie or disco out, pay off the credit card, and others would worry about stuff like space travel, or engineering, or construction.

So these kids, already on the fence about why, are naturally inclined to why not work?

And through their teens they were promised golden apples, Staycation, Funemployment, Food and Shelter Gimmies for the unemployed, shoot, like the drug lifestyle we have a program for that too.

So all these little parakeets, raised by parents who were encouraged to reject the millions of years of proven generational growth, overexposed to anti-social media as a babysitter/nanny/teacher/guild master, only know how to ding a bell for a treat, sit on a perch, and say, "I'm a pretty bird!" when whistled at.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-05-08 12:14|| 2021-05-08 12:14|| Front Page Top

#6 The old sci-fi stories used to be about how everyone had to scrape by after the "old ones," who knew how to keep everything working, died off. Who's going to write the sci-fi story about people finding it hard to get by because their phones and social media have stopped working?

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-08 12:36|| 2021-05-08 12:36|| Front Page Top

#7 We could ask my liberal friends who poo-poo'd Subway's Report/Warning, "Ugh, who would want to work Subway anywayz, gah."

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-05-08 13:29|| 2021-05-08 13:29|| Front Page Top

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