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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 17:02:58 GMT
In past couple of weeks my travels have taken me to the heartlands of Iowa and Nebraska. What I've noticed in both states is that the economy is booming. What I've also noticed is that there are job opening signs all over the place. In talking to folks in area they say that jobs opening remained unfilled for months. Perhaps anecdotal but many places I stopped at seemed way understaffed for the time of day / # of customers. Frustrating long wait at fast food joints due to only 1 cashier. A friend of mine told me that in his town there is a 2 to 3 week wait just to get an oil change for his car because there is not enough technicians. What are you seeing in your area of the world? At some point lack of labor pool will start slowing down growth I think in some cases you may have employable people who are unwilling to relocate to places where there is employment, and often an overall lower cost of living.
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Post by Dr Boom 70 on Aug 7, 2019 17:15:22 GMT
In past couple of weeks my travels have taken me to the heartlands of Iowa and Nebraska. What I've noticed in both states is that the economy is booming. What I've also noticed is that there are job opening signs all over the place. In talking to folks in area they say that jobs opening remained unfilled for months. Perhaps anecdotal but many places I stopped at seemed way understaffed for the time of day / # of customers. Frustrating long wait at fast food joints due to only 1 cashier. A friend of mine told me that in his town there is a 2 to 3 week wait just to get an oil change for his car because there is not enough technicians. What are you seeing in your area of the world? At some point lack of labor pool will start slowing down growth I think in some cases you may have employable people who are unwilling to relocate to places where there is employment, and often an overall lower cost of living. Yes - its a bit of a logistics issue.
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Post by Dr Boom 70 on Aug 7, 2019 19:14:24 GMT
At some point lack of labor pool will start slowing down growth Deporting all the illegals should help. So are you saying that we should turn the other cheek on illegals due to labor shortage?
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Post by rustinjice on Aug 7, 2019 19:25:43 GMT
Deporting all the illegals should help. So are you saying that we should turn the other cheek on illegals due to labor shortage?
You said a tightening labor pool will inevitably cause an economic slowdown. I believe you also stand with the "deport all the illegals" crowd. I'm hoping you can reconcile those two statements. Me? I don't give two shits about immigrants coming here and working.
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Post by doctorquant on Aug 7, 2019 19:34:07 GMT
You said a tightening labor pool will inevitably cause an economic slowdown. I believe you also stand with the "deport all the illegals" crowd. I'm hoping you can reconcile those two statements. Jeez ... your overweening desire to be among the angels sure does lead you toward some dumb posts.
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Post by Dr Boom 70 on Aug 7, 2019 19:47:22 GMT
You said a tightening labor pool will inevitably cause an economic slowdown. I believe you also stand with the "deport all the illegals" crowd. I'm hoping you can reconcile those two statements. Jeez ... your overweening desire to be among the angels sure does lead you toward some dumb posts. For sure. It's pointless to even try and have an legitimate discussion with the rust man.
As soon as I hit send on my question I just counted the minutes for his dumb response
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Post by rustinjice on Aug 7, 2019 19:53:47 GMT
You said a tightening labor pool will inevitably cause an economic slowdown. I believe you also stand with the "deport all the illegals" crowd. I'm hoping you can reconcile those two statements. Jeez ... your overweening desire to be among the angels sure does lead you toward some dumb posts. Please. Clarify. What's the dumb part? Boom said when the labor pool tightens, it's going to cause an economic slow down. He also wants to tighten the labor pool by deporting millions of workers. Besides just calling me stupid, I'd love it if you'd explain what I posted that's dumb. I invite any contribution from you which goes beyond, "your post is dumb."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 21:20:34 GMT
It's not really a binary issue, and the polarity of immigration as an issue is the real problem with immigration in the US.
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Post by doctorquant on Aug 7, 2019 21:28:17 GMT
Jeez ... your overweening desire to be among the angels sure does lead you toward some dumb posts. Please. Clarify. What's the dumb part? Boom said when the labor pool tightens, it's going to cause an economic slow down. He also wants to tighten the labor pool by deporting millions of workers. Besides just calling me stupid, I'd love it if you'd explain what I posted that's dumb. I invite any contribution from you which goes beyond, "your post is dumb." First of all, you asked boom to "reconcile" a positive statement -- "This is how I think things are" -- with a normative position -- "This is how I think things should be done." His (stipulated arguendo) position that illegal immigrants should be deported has fuck-all to do with whether his assessment of the labor market is correct. Even dumber, however, is your notion that "deport[ing] all the illegals" of course means fewer recent immigrants here. You know, I know and work with a whole helluva lot of recent immigrants ... ain't a damn one of them afraid of any illegal immigration crackdown.
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Post by Dr Boom 70 on Aug 7, 2019 21:28:57 GMT
Tight labor pool and illegal immigration are 2 separate issues that have been connected out of need. I'd like to think that with some heavy lifting congress could create a program that could provide a solution to both.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 21:53:55 GMT
It would not be that heavy. This issue continues because it is politically expedient to both sides.
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Post by Elderly man, very poor memory on Aug 7, 2019 22:13:50 GMT
In past couple of weeks my travels have taken me to the heartlands of Iowa and Nebraska. What I've noticed in both states is that the economy is booming. What I've also noticed is that there are job opening signs all over the place. In talking to folks in area they say that jobs opening remained unfilled for months. Perhaps anecdotal but many places I stopped at seemed way understaffed for the time of day / # of customers. Frustrating long wait at fast food joints due to only 1 cashier. A friend of mine told me that in his town there is a 2 to 3 week wait just to get an oil change for his car because there is not enough technicians. What are you seeing in your area of the world? At some point lack of labor pool will start slowing down growth Just yesterday I was commenting on the number of "We're hiring" signs you see driving around now.
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Post by btexpress on Aug 7, 2019 22:42:56 GMT
I'll start paying attention to the "We're hiring!" signs when they add "full time with benefits."
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Post by Wolfenstein on Aug 7, 2019 23:42:28 GMT
There's a place near me that has the "Help Wanted" sign out most summers. It's piecework, though, so if you want to make that whopping $13 an hour, you need to be quick, quick, quick. I am told there are people who are fast enough to earn $20 an hour. I am not sure if they are alive to talk about it a year later, however.
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Post by Dr Boom 70 on Aug 8, 2019 0:53:41 GMT
It would not be that heavy. This issue continues because it is politically expedient to both sides. The politics part is always the heavy lifting. Instead of detention centers why not employment centers that can match up immigrants with employers that have jobs to fill.
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