Post by the Scribe on Jun 2, 2021 9:27:42 GMT
10,000 babyboomers retired EACH DAY Trump was in office leaving those jobs open. On top of that Trump did his best to keep the immigrant labor force OUT of the country. This includes those likely to work on construction projects. Add the Trump/GOP bungling of the pandemic and you have a perfect storm.
What’s Really Fueling The U.S. Labor Shortage | The Mehdi Hasan Show
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What’s Really Fueling The U.S. Labor Shortage | The Mehdi Hasan Show
The Choice
145K subscribers
As America’s economy reopens after the worst of the pandemic in the U.S. seems to be over, some industries are experiencing a lack of workers. But what happened to the record number of people that were unemployed over the past 14 months? Economist Robert Reich joins Mehdi to discuss what’s behind the labor shortage.
The Mehdi Hasan Show: Insightful reporting and probing interviews that examine the day's events and provide a deeper level of context for the politics of our interconnected society.
Watch The Mehdi Hasan Show on The Choice channel on Peacock TV, weeknights, 7 p.m. ET. Subscribe to the channel for more interviews.
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