Posted on 05/23/2017 4:31:07 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
She has a bad attitude because she has the option of welfare. She doesn't care, because she doesn't HAVE to care.
Eliminate welfare, give her the choice of "work well enough to keep a job, or starve" and her attitude WILL get adjusted.
Exactly correct.
We don’t have a “social safety net” in this country we have a “comfy blankie” for slackers (for the most part)
Within a generation we can cut the welfare rolls by more than 75%. Force people to work or starve and even the most sluggardly will work.
(If they turn to crime, kill them. Problem still gets solved)
Ok, why aren't they increasing the offering wages upward? $20.00/hr in New Jersey sucks poo poo. New Jersey is incredibly expensive.
In central VA that would be ok money but not there.
Seems foolish to stifle growth because they won't increase wages. If the cost of sheet metal goes up do they stop growing because of that? What idiots run this company?
Robots
Where’s the wage inflation?
Ridiculous comment. The wages of college graduates are stagnant because of the flooding of the upper end of the labor market with H-1B visas. This has nothing to do with unskilled/semi skilled labor coming either illegally or legally.
Perhaps criminal background checks need to be reevaluated.
These days everything is a felony.
everything is deserving of arrest.
Insurance companies drive these requirements to reduce risk.
For now, they're making up for the shortfall in production capacity here in New Jersey by doing more of their production at their Ohio plant.
What happens when the cost of electricity, local taxes and materials go up?
You can go to a Marxist rally here in the U.S. and find dozens of people with $200,000 in college debt who are well suited to take on skilled blue-collar jobs that are begging for workers, but they have no interest in doing that kind of work.
2. Local taxes are a big driver chasing many companies out of here, but New Jersey counties and municipalities have gotten smart about this and are always willing to negotiate tax abatements with major employers.
3. If the cost of materials go up, their either look for alternative materials or streamline their production processes to realize cost savings elsewhere.
Getting our own people off the couch is almost as big an issue as dealing with illegals.
It is this kind of "out of touch" that got heads lopped off in "let them eat cake" France.
They raise their prices.
Wonderful thought but you would lose your next election in a landslide and not win another for a generation. Welfare is ingrained in these people; it's their right don't you know.
They can raise their prices, but since they’re producing parts and components for other industries they are likely to lose a lot of their customers — especially their international ones — if their products aren’t priced competitively.
I don't believe there is a shortage of low-skilled Americans to fill positions. I do believe there is a shortage of low-skilled Americans who are willing and able to go the extra mile to fill many of these positions.
The example I gave you earlier in this thread is a perfect case in point. This company will get forty applicants for ten positions at their Ohio plant. They'll hire the ten best applicants, then say to the next ten: "We've got ten identical positions open in our New Jersey plant. We'll offer you a signing bonus to take those positions there."
The Ohio applicants are rarely -- if ever -- interested in that deal. So you end up with ten perfectly employable people who are either unemployed or underemployed in a low-paying job in Ohio rather than working full time in a decent job in New Jersey.
I couldn't believe this story when I heard it, but it's apparently much more common than I realized. I shouldn't have been surprised, since that's basically how we've ended up with coal towns dying in place in areas of West Virginia and Kentucky. There's a cultural aversion to moving elsewhere in some places that is perfectly understandable, but doesn't really help address the underlying problem.
When we cut government by 25% the market will be flooded with unskilled workers.
The Ohio applicants are rarely -- if ever -- interested in that deal. So you end up with ten perfectly employable people who are either unemployed or underemployed in a low-paying job in Ohio rather than working full time in a decent job in New Jersey.
Oh God. If the 10 Ohioans had accepted then there would be 10 New Jersians out of work.
The underlying problem is companies refusing to pay the going rate. There is a wage shortage not a labor shortage.
The "quality New Jersey employee" that could work in this type of job is earning upwards of $80,000/year as a public employee (police officer, custodian, public works department employee, etc.). That does two things: (1) it reduces the labor pool for private-sector employers, and (2) it drives up taxes for these employers.
In this particular case, the employer is likely to shut the New Jersey plant within the next five years and move all of its production to Ohio, Indiana, or North Carolina.
Rinse and repeat. This process is happening repeatedly in large metro areas in the Northeast and Midwest.
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