It’s that and the poor state of public education. I couldn’t read this article so I searched using similar terms. Seiners could only find 15% of applicants that could read at the 9th grade level. Companies are finding that the Federal government has been driving education into the ground since it took over on the 70s.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/educ...