Anyone who knows how to do anything really well does not work for a company. rather they work for themselves.
They have stifled immigration of those with a history of western culture and values
Stiffled immigration? The media alternate universe.
“Stifled immigration?”
What country/planet is this clueless imp writing from?
I found NO jobs in my field. Fortunately, I have a backup, and currently being interviewed by a couple of potential employers.
As usual, employers are looking at the universal specification: wants everything right now for $1.95 -- which, if I wanted any of those jobs, I'd be looking at 3-6 months of training at a vocational school before having a hope of applying.
"Learn to code" says the "experts." I already know how to code, been doing it for 50 years, but not the right kind of coding that employers want now. Glad I learned how to write: lots more jobs there.
And this right here is why my employer is offering those of us retiring huge bonuses and 20% raises to stay.
That on top of the huge bonuses we all got last year and a 15% raise.
Robots to the rescue? /s
Another consequence of abortion on demand. NOT sarcasm.
I’ve always wondered why we need so many fast food restaurants. I swear there are 5 Dunkin Donuts stores within a one mile radius of my house.
Barron’s is evidently unfamiliar with the concept of automation.
(There are far too few workers in the U.S.)
Yeah, right.
See ya at the bill signing. /W
I’m about to be looking for a new part time job. I actually am OK with what I do but my eyesight is a hinderance.
the entry level aged also are demanding way more than they are worth because the left is feeding them BS..
I’ve had the help wanted sign out a few times.. people with zero experience doing what I do demanding 40 dollars an hour because that is what they are told is a “living wage”..
my field is where high school dropouts use to go (auto repair and mainly dismantling) but now I get people who can’t pass a drug test (insurance requirement) or are so lazy they are not worth minimum wage.
How about too few people willing to work!
Yes ... but to me it is like the old mantra of fighting with the tactics of the last war, failure of nerve and imagination! If you go onto Youtube and search by the term of 'automation', there are lots of scenes from union officials about how many workers would be put on the streets by such.
California wants to IMPOSE a supercharged hour wage mandate of $22 on fast food joints. From the write-ups it appears little cognizance is paid to practicality but rather to a dream, from whom and to benefit whom ... well, just guess!
Me? I think that there will be an EXPLOSION of automation in California as they make employment a toy of the government. If Tesla is automating cars, how far behind is an automated tractor-trailer to get from the port to the next stop across the state line?
One thing I do feel and that is the populace will not see this as a reason to repeat the actions of Europe and mass import of antagonistic immigration. It is slower to start than I like but it is growing.
Robotics.
We should be pouring money into generalized robotics, and bringing back to the US as many non-toxic manufacturing processes as we can.
Imagine a cheap generalized robot, massed produced. And an army of developers and hobbyists teaching it routines for everything from domestic help, factory work, cooking and restaurant workers, grocery store workers, elder care, nursing care, farm work, gardening, etc.
It would be like the PC and the explosion of software that happened once it was cheap enough for people to afford.
The labor dislocations would be hugh and series. But if there is a labor shortage, that’s one way to deal with it. And we would need social programs to deal with the labor disruptions and retraining.
It would free man from the drudgery of many chores, making him more productive.
Yeah, those 30 million illegal aliens , visa overstays and ‘refugees’ just don’t want to work.
“””There are far too few workers in the U.S. to meet rising demand, a problem exacerbated by an aging population, low birthrates, and stifled immigration.””””
Barron’s must be needing some advertising revenue from the Globalists.
Of course, Barrons fails to mention that a major cause of too few workers are the government handouts to the lazy bums who got a lousy degree and now would rather sit around and get high each day.
Locked article so can’t comment on its content. Gee, if the US hadn’t aborted about 63 million people, maybe we wouldn’t have this problem...
... not that the GOPe or Dems want an answer that involves free Americans earning American wages, parents actually raising their children as a family, or cultural integrity ... you know, those things that define “nation” and “civilization.”
I think goal is not so much to get the reader to believe immigration is “stifled”, as much as to accept the “aging population” and “low birthrates” hysteria. Media always pushes these when illegal and other foreign influx is surging. The dumb masses take this propaganda like its sugar and believe its their own brilliant idea to love invasion based on it.
