Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?

Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by Clubber on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:16AM (#28024222)

Eviction moratoriums ended yesterday (7/31/2021). Not the smartest thing to just cut off all at once. An obvious tell as to who the government (both parties) considers their constituents.

Also not the smartest thing to do during a pretty large resurgence of COVID. Expect another year of this at least. People without a place to live are a great way to spread a communicable disease. I mean we're talking millions all at once. Expect an uptick in crimes of desperation. We might even read a few articles about dead bodies on the streets in the coming months. It could get that bad.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/30/housing-e...

I dunno what's gonna happen, but it probably won't be good.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/sta...

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Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by beambot on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:46PM (#28028787)

I'm not advocating for the cessation of mortgage forbearance nor eviction moratoriums. All I'm saying is that they distort the labor markets and will continue to do so until we reach a new post-COVID steady state.

(Don't know why this triggers down votes.)

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