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Re:Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years by offices on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:31AM (#36490752)
>We have record low unemployment, yet companies that complain about labor levels

These seem intuitively linked? If there's not enough labor to go around, more jobs will be pushed under the 'water level' where the value provided by them is less than the cost of the labor.

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Re:Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years by vineyardmike on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @07:25AM (#36491398)
Yes they’re linked, of course.

But saying “people don’t want to work” is false - we’re at a point in history where people have chosen to work more than any other point in history.

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Re:Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years by brvsft on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @07:56AM (#36491611)
Labor force participation rate tells a different story, so I'd be more careful in asserting statements like that.
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