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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by linuxftw on Sunday March 12, 2023 @03:12PM (#35124796)
If there are less working age adults, there should be less demand for goods and services, so some businesses need to close.

Boomers and their offspring loved to give away extra free labor. Younger generations have learned that's a fruitless endeavor.

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Re:Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire ... by ghaff on Sunday March 12, 2023 @03:19PM (#35124882)
>If there are less working age adults, there should be less demand for goods and services, so some businesses need to close.

I'm not sure how that follows. An aging population wants a different basket of goods and services but it's not necessarily smaller and is likely to be greater with respect to e.g. healthcare.

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