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2021-09-27 Economy

BBC comes under fire for 'pretending driver crisis is all about Brexit' and ignoring the fact shortages have affected countries throughout the world

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 You tell people that "Only imbeciles do manual labor" for 2-to-3 generations and what do you get? Skilled machinists, welders, drivers and so forth and so on are harder and harder to find.

Posted by magpie 2021-09-27 04:23|| 2021-09-27 04:23|| Front Page Top

#2 When we stop flooding the liw-end market with illegals and the high-end market with indentured H1B servants -- AND when corporations finally begin training people again, offering them some security and a reasonable career path -- then and only then will we see Americans acquiring skills needed to ease skilled labor shortages.

Posted by Faux Drapeau 2021-09-27 04:33|| 2021-09-27 04:33|| Front Page Top

#3 A cousin who was police investigator once told me "If you look hard enough for something, you'll find it, even if it's not there."

Posted by ed in texas 2021-09-27 11:27|| 2021-09-27 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 A lot of people are vacating jobs that are mandating jobs in all kinds of categories.

Posted by warthogswife 2021-09-27 12:52|| 2021-09-27 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I left the Navy after 10 years because I didn’t want be away from home for 5 or more years of the ten remaining. Truckers keep this country moving but at a personal cost. Think about it the time it takes
driving a load to across country from Chicago in to LA and then returning.. There is a country song about driving a truck through a motel. “He didn’t hit the breaks and he was shifting gears.”

Posted by Gramps Cooky 2021-09-27 13:53|| 2021-09-27 13:53|| Front Page Top

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