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• Tinidril@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Exactly. There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don’t think are worth the cost.

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  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don’t think are worth the cost.

    I wonder, do you realize that’s also true on the demand side?

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    • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      NTA but can you elaborate on this a bit? Never heard someone put this argument before I’m just curious exactly what you mean

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sure, it’s pretty simple really. As wages rise the business has to charge more to cover the increase in cost. As price rises demand falls.

        So while the commenters statement “There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don’t think are worth the cost.” may be true so is “There is no such thing as a work shortage, only activities that customers don’t think are worth the cost.”

        It’s a big reason there’s so few appliance repair people these days. Hard to justify paying someone $

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• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If people are willing to pay, sure. But you can pay as much as you want but people won’t necessarily be interested in a skilled trade if the pay in general is low. That is a long term commitment and not solved by a single employer.

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