Where have all the workers gone? Why is it that since covid, there is not enough people to run a bar at lunch? Is there not enough young people being born, or all they all dead? I find it odd that in 2 years, theres nobody around to make me a damn hamburger? I know this is a first world problem, but i am just curious. There is a lack of workers in every industry, and its strange.
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I think COVID changed people's way of thinking about daily life, and made them look more closely at time and money. For instance, it really doesn't make sense to put your kids in daycare, both for the kids' sake and for money's sake. Add up the expense and someone's working for 25 cents an hour. Also, if you make over $55,000 per year, or, for a couple, $110,000 a year, you pop from the 12% federal tax bracket to the 22% federal tax bracket, with all income and payroll taxes coming to almost half the income. I think some people figured all this out and are working less, hence fewer workers. Also, the far larger number of remote jobs probably sent some people out of the big cities, where expenses are lower and you can work less hours. Even a small percentage of people figuring all this out would change the number of available workers.