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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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