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Five Magic Words to Fix the Economy: Go and Get a Job
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:23 am
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:23 am
National Review
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Progressives argue it is ‘rational’ for people to sit at home if the government pays them more than would an employer. This is an argument for losers. On Saturday, my wife and I took our kids to a local restaurant that has mediocre food and a poor selection of beers but makes up for it by featuring a bunch of vintage arcade games and enough TVs to show every sporting event in the world at the same time. It was absolutely packed — so packed, in fact, that the waitress told us before we ordered that the food and drinks might take a little longer than usual. As we left, I noticed that there were no fewer than ten positions being advertised on the front door — for managers, waiters, cooks, and front-of-house staff, among others. Driving back to our house, we realized just how common this was. There’s help wanted at the gas station, at the hardware store, and at every shop in the town center. Landscapers are looking for help. Car dealerships are looking for help. Pest-control companies are looking for help. Everywhere you look, small businesses are appealing for help — and they’re striking out looking. This is not unique to my town in Florida; it is the story nationwide. The dismal jobs report issued Friday paints the picture. Millions unemployed. Millions of jobs available. And, for now at least, never the twain shall meet. The National Federation of Independent Businesses reports that over four in ten business owners have positions that have not been filled, while the Bureau of Labor Statistics had 7.4 million job openings at the end of February. And still the Help Wanted signs proliferate. Why? In part, the problem is political. Inexplicably, the federal government has decided to hand out a seemingly endless supply of no-strings-attached “stimulus” checks and massively enhanced unemployment benefits to Americans no longer in need of either, and then to affect surprise when those people sit at home. For a brief period during the pandemic, it made sense to encourage people to stay at home. Now, though, it most certainly does not. Then, we needed to relax our preference for work a little. Now, we should be repeating the magical five words that have done so much to build this country into what it is: “Go and get a job.”
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There is nothing “mean” about our doing so. The “relief” money that Congress has authorized was sold as succor for people who cannot find work, not for those who don’t want to find work. This being so, Americans ought to establish a series of hard cultural expectations that will govern the next year or so. They ought to insist that it is as true now as it ever was that people who choose to work for a living are morally superior to people who choose to sit at home and sponge. They ought to demand, in consequence, that if a person is able to work — and most people are — that person should work. And they ought to make it clear that, in the long run, employers will prioritize those who showed up over those who did not. Unfortunately, there is no particularly effective way for the federal government to distinguish between the workers and the scroungers. But society can. And it should. I am now hearing progressives argue that it is “rational” for people to sit at home if the government pays them more to do so than an employer will pay them to work. In a strict sense, this is of course correct: When, as the Wall Street Journal has confirmed, “the average unemployment recipient earns better than the equivalent of working full time at $15 an hour,” it will be tough to convince some people to get off their asses to do what’s right. But this, ultimately, is an argument for losers. We are not talking here about a labor market in which private businesses are forced to compete with each other for staff; we are talking here about a labor market in which private businesses are competing with federal handouts, from a cash pit politicians are increasingly convinced is bottomless. Or, put another way: We are talking about a labor market in which private businesses are struggling to hire because too many potential workers would prefer to take a share of actual workers’ pay than to get a job of their own. It is true that, when given this choice, some people will pocket the cash. It is also true that those people are deadbeats. As a result of its extraordinary ingenuity, the United States of America has not only developed a vaccine that lowers to near zero the risk of returning to work; it has deployed that vaccine at such a remarkable scale that the supply has now outstripped the demand. In May of 2021, we have two main groups of people: Those who were scared of COVID and so got the vaccine, and those who were not scared of COVID and so refused the vaccine. Nobody in either group has an excuse not to work if they are able. The next big challenge is to ensure that they do.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:24 am to Revelator
Stop printing trillions of dollars.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:24 am to Revelator
Quit providing incentives for people not to work.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:27 am to Revelator
You can wait until September
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:29 am to Revelator
They could have said the same thing in 4 words. Go Get a Job.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:29 am to Revelator
If folks got fired up about $600 stimulus checks, their minds would be blown if they ever discover what a salary looks like.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:29 am to Revelator
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Five Magic Words to Fix the Economy:
Overturn the stolen fricking election
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:30 am to Revelator
I will say this.
“Getting a job” is not as easy as one may think in this economy.
Sure, low skill, low wage jobs are abundant (as they have always been) but the higher end sector is saturated with applicants.
I recently applied to a job on indeed and there were 78 other applicants.
“Getting a job” is not as easy as one may think in this economy.
Sure, low skill, low wage jobs are abundant (as they have always been) but the higher end sector is saturated with applicants.
I recently applied to a job on indeed and there were 78 other applicants.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:34 am to Revelator
If you follow trending terms on social media like "No One Wants to Work" or "Help Wanted," it's frightening to see how many deadbeats are hoping to topple the traditional models of labor in this country. Many are asking why they should return to "breaking their backs" for "slave wages" while CEOs make millions.
Getting back to normal will be an uphill climb, if it happens. Now more than ever, Democrats will seem like Santa Claus and Republicans will be the grumpy old dads giving lazy kids a kick in the arse.
Getting back to normal will be an uphill climb, if it happens. Now more than ever, Democrats will seem like Santa Claus and Republicans will be the grumpy old dads giving lazy kids a kick in the arse.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:40 am to Revelator
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Go and Get a Job
That's racist
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 11:41 am
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:45 am to AndyCBR
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Sure, low skill, low wage jobs are abundant (as they have always been) but the higher end sector is saturated with applicants.
Low jobs can't compete with welfare. But I grew up before welfare and I saw what happened to low skill kids coming out of HS.
They got minimum wage jobs involving hard work in fields like oil field service. It was like being an apprentice. They learned the skills involved in stuff like mud packing, wire lining, etc.
Then, they started their own service company and made a LOT of money by age 40.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:53 am to AndyCBR
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Sure, low skill, low wage jobs are abundant (as they have always been) but the higher end sector is saturated with applicants.
I recently applied to a job on indeed and there were 78 other applicants.
Correct.
The labor shortage is for crappy jobs.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:59 am to VoxDawg
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If folks got fired up about $600 stimulus checks, their minds would be blown if they ever discover what a salary looks like.
Well, in this day and age, a lot of folks would rather sit on their arse and get $600.00 then go out and work for more.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 12:01 pm to AndyCBR
Agreed! I received my Masters in occupational therapy last April. Covid messed up the job finding part, as I was now competing with individuals that have a ton of experience due to being laid off, compared to other new grads and a few others. But finally got a full time job, starting next week!
Posted on 5/13/21 at 12:36 pm to Revelator
There is also a rather simple way to get rid of a lot of progressives. Just hide their food stamps under a pair of work boots, the sorry fricks would starve to death before they found them
Posted on 5/13/21 at 12:42 pm to Revelator
All of this shows UBI is impossible to have in a productive society. Unless people are motivated to work, THEY WILL NOT WORK. PERIOD.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 12:45 pm to Hoodie
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Many are asking why they should return to "breaking their backs" for "slave wages" while CEOs make millions.
What do they expect to happen, they just get paid to do nothing? That's how inflation happens. You can't just pay people to exist. Money MUST be attached to value and work creates value. Sitting on your arse whining on your smartphone signed in to social media IS NOT value.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 1:02 pm to tiggerthetooth
Three words: Cloward Piven Strategy.
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