Robert Reich: There is no labor shortage. There is a living wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage,

[highplainsdem]

a child care shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.

Does a new year mean we can settle this debate and finally treat workers with dignity?

Link to tweet

On Mastodon:

https://masto.ai/@rbreich/109616453450793252

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[jimfields33]

5. It's probably true but I'd rather a job with some income coming in.

I couldn’t imagine getting zero income. That’s got to be awful.

[live love laugh]

2. A shortage that's fueled the breakdown of the family and thus society

due to parents needing to work—multiple jobs often—rather than raise their children.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Doutful. They're already talking about the inflationary pressure of rising wages...

and talking about how they need to increase unemployment.

[TheRealNorth]

8. And this is the irony....

That economists, bankers, and the investor class want to create more unemployment, but at the same time decry any sort of government aid to the unemployed.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Nope, because the system relies on forced scarcity & inequity, and the system protects itself. HTH!

[TheRealNorth]

9. Exactly

Free Markets are okay with them when the there are more people than jobs.

[dutch777]

6. Every product/service has a perceived fair value to the producer. I am willing to produce this for X

If I think it not worth my time/effort/overhead to do or make something, unless I am desperate, I won't produce. I retired early before the pandemic because the hassle of the commute, stress of the job and scatter brained leadership I had to deal with simply made working more of a hassle than it was worth. I "quiet quit" even before that and before it was fashionable. It allowed us to downsize, get rid of a car and a bunch of other overhead associated with my work and found out how much could be saved by NOT working. It was quite illuminating and rewarding.

[multigraincracker]

7. Just tie the minimum wage to

a maximum income. I’d go with 10 times.