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5. It's not a matter of ability, it's a matter of need

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 07:32 PM

Dec 2013

Last edited Mon Dec 2, 2013, 08:15 PM - Edit history (1)

If there were a labor shortage, there would be a need to pay people more. Look at the Clinton era...people got silly money because of the shortage of workers.
These days there are an overabundance of people willing to work in these entry level jobs

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