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ProfessorGAC

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80. And Yet, We Have Historically Low Unemployment

Reply to Karma13612 (Reply #20)

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 07:10 PM

Mar 2023

Wonder how that happens if nobody wants to work.
Doesn't seem possible for both to be true.

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Walmart Set to Close All Stores in Portland amid Record-Breaking Retail Theft [View all] CatWoman Mar 2023 OP

What in the hell is in wally world worth stealing and going to jail for? yaesu Mar 2023 #1

No one is going to jail for shoplifting. former9thward Mar 2023 #5

No one is going to jail and they know it Polybius Mar 2023 #15

I'd imagine keroro gunsou Mar 2023 #27

Tide pods, HABA, cosmetics, meat, razors, condoms. Mosby Mar 2023 #61

TVs, consoles, tablet computers, PC components, that sort of thing. Initech Mar 2023 #73

FALSE NEWS. They are only closing 2 stores. I live in portland AND I KNOW THE TRUTH Trueblue1968 Mar 2023 #78

Correct, the last two remaining, according to the first paragraph of the OP MichMan Mar 2023 #83

Maybe food. Deuxcents Mar 2023 #2

Not sure this is a bad thing. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #3

Stores say shoplifting is a national crisis. The numbers don't back it up By Nathaniel Meyersohn, C cbabe Mar 2023 #4

That has nothing to do with losses at any given chain or location MichMan Mar 2023 #8

Thank you... This is more copaganda (being used by corporations) IMHO Nevilledog Mar 2023 #9

Agree. More greed. And I wonder if any unionization attempts were live love laugh Mar 2023 #12

Thinking maybe they should push more pickup of grocieries by offering a discount walkingman Mar 2023 #6

Thieves don't even bother with going through any checkouts MichMan Mar 2023 #7

A failure of management if I've ever seen one. Get better managers instead of... brush Mar 2023 #10

Or get better politicians Polybius Mar 2023 #16

It's management's fault that the stores are being victimized by shoplifters? f_townsend Mar 2023 #51

I have noticed the past few years more and more items Meowmee Mar 2023 #11

Well maybe they need to Tree Lady Mar 2023 #13

We have monitors who watch Karma13612 Mar 2023 #20

"Nobody wants to work" RandiFan1290 Mar 2023 #25

You haven't noticed lack of waitresses newdayneeded Mar 2023 #29

This is true. Going to stores and restaurants anymore is hit-or-miss Wingus Dingus Mar 2023 #44

My grandson belongs to this community Tree Lady Mar 2023 #52

I've seen the argument made that kids didn't ask to be born, ergo didn't ask to be wage slaves, ergo renate Mar 2023 #71

It's kind of a thing in that both my adult late-millennial sons really don't Wingus Dingus Mar 2023 #81

I was raised that way to and probably Tree Lady Mar 2023 #82

There are lots of reasons why there is a shortage of workers. Mariana Mar 2023 #67

SMH inthewind21 Mar 2023 #43

This! 👆🏻 oregonjen Mar 2023 #46

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2023 #50

I cannot BELIEVE the right-wing talking points on this thread. Coventina Mar 2023 #60

It has been like this for a while obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #66

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the Waltons!?!?!?!? Coventina Mar 2023 #69

Yeah, it keeps coming up obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #84

When my daughter was still working retail Mariana Mar 2023 #68

That's awesome! Coventina Mar 2023 #70

Yup! Lemon Lyman Mar 2023 #79

This was not my assessment. Karma13612 Mar 2023 #74

You cannot police someone's language here obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #85

People are not willing to work under the conditions and salary offered. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #63

I never meant to imply it was laziness. Karma13612 Mar 2023 #75

During the pandemic, especially before vaccines were available, Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #77

OMG quit saying that, why are you doubling down obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #86

What amount constitutes a living wage? MichMan Mar 2023 #91

The unemployment rate is unbelievably low. People ARE working. Mariana Mar 2023 #64

Again, Karma13612 Mar 2023 #76

And still tripling down overcthis anonymous obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #87

Walmart made a company statement that people are lazy? MichMan Mar 2023 #92

And Yet, We Have Historically Low Unemployment ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #80

The unemployment numbers only count those actively looking for work MichMan Mar 2023 #88

Wrong ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #89

So it is true for U-1 to U-3 MichMan Mar 2023 #90

This has nothing to do with that pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #32

Exactly Calculating Mar 2023 #57

When I walk around my local Safeway I'm astonished at how much pre-prepped items there are Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #14

I agree on the pre-packed Karma13612 Mar 2023 #18

Wow.. I've been in Walmart Cha Mar 2023 #17

Here in North Carolina Karma13612 Mar 2023 #19

The Walmarts near me don't have that Kaleva Mar 2023 #24

Cool, great location for a multigraincracker Mar 2023 #21

I'm a lousy grocery checker. Mopar151 Mar 2023 #22

Yep, I too vote with my dollars and my feet. MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #45

Well yeah! There's a problem with shoplifting & stealing! imanamerican63 Mar 2023 #23

Employee theft JanLip Mar 2023 #36

We watched shoplifters steal from three Portland stores. Nobody stopped them. BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #26

This is what the death of law and order in a society looks like Calculating Mar 2023 #56

Hmmm.... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #28

My daughter worked at a small retail newdayneeded Mar 2023 #30

Trying to stop a shoplifter could end up badly, either for LisaL Mar 2023 #31

Stopping crime is dangerous Calculating Mar 2023 #59

Portland and other cities pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #33

Once at a Wal Mart, I asked for $80 cash back. When I got to my car I checked the money panader0 Mar 2023 #34

Good on you. I do the same thing when somebody gives me too much money back. Liberal In Texas Mar 2023 #35

Portland's a blue city. How come this problem is so big there? Hortensis Mar 2023 #37

If they aren't prosecuting pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #40

Agree. BUT, note the surge in blue-city weenie crimes against retail Hortensis Mar 2023 #41

Our DA in Portland doesn't prosecute for crimes under $1k MissB Mar 2023 #54

Such a sad era, but it'll pass. I'm remembering when NYC was in such Hortensis Mar 2023 #58

The problem is that it's Double Bright Blue, and they are soft on crime Polybius Mar 2023 #55

As a proponent of responsible, sensible policies myself, Hortensis Mar 2023 #62

Post removed Post removed Mar 2023 #38

The community made the decision not to prosecute shoplifters ripcord Mar 2023 #39

What inthewind21 Mar 2023 #42

I wonder the same thing. Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #47

If the policy is "you can take $900.00 worth of free stuff per visit," there LeftinOH Mar 2023 #48

I suspect that many of these thieves simply have nothing to lose. Chainfire Mar 2023 #49

ya trust what wally world says? dembotoz Mar 2023 #53

Portland only has two Walmarts and the city is filled with liberals who don't shop there. tinrobot Mar 2023 #65

Yep I'll bet you're right about that FakeNoose Mar 2023 #72