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I think a fair amount of non-participation in the workforce are recent college grads who don't have to pay their loans. It's one thing to ask mom and dad to house a recent college grad to live at home while they land the miraculous $100k job, armed with their gender studies degree rather than work entry-level retail. But it's a whole other matter to ask mom and dad to make that student loan payment. I predict there will be a noticeable uptick in labor participation rates a couple months after recent college grads have to start making loan payments.

The reason I think this is a bit anecdotal, but it's my anecdote. I have no problem hiring highly skilled people for positions in my company. But entry level is impossible--as in zero applications in months of listings. Nobody wants to work an entry level job. Those are mostly the people missing from the labor market. The largest population of such workers tend to be recent college grads who need to get work experience before they can qualify for a higher paid position.

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Makes sense. The nurses in the article aren't necessarily just dropping out--they're going elsewhere and often making more money/finding more favorable working/living conditions.

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The United States is short approximately 36 million potential workers because 1.2 million (averaged) were killed by abortion each year from 1973 to 2003. We will never know the contributions they could/would have made. Another 21.6 million have been killed since 2003, most on the altar of selfishness. We have sown the wind and are reaping the whirlwind in every aspect of society.

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I just read Deninger’s predictions.

One I disagree with:

Ghislaine Maxwell - I wish he was right, but the fix is in. Just like Anthony Weiner's and Hunter Biden’s laptops. Epstein’s cds missing, hmm…

Trump being radioactive - nope. Trump is a kingmaker in the gop, and is having a huge impact on primaries. A wild card is his social media network.

Midterms the gop will take the house. It’s another question if gop will do anything with their majority. The Gop has a long history of lots of smoke, such as we will get to the bottom of this Gaetz, and no action in Congress.

Medical Complex - I just don’t see the political will for any changes. So the status quo will continue.

Ivy Leagues - no change yet, unfortunately. Too much support from the elites that hire and perpetrate the system.

Stuff he missed:

Opposition to crt, this is a game changer. Both in schools and private industry. Salvation Army just found that out.

Destruction of international tourism due to booster mandates.

Crime / Soros prosecutors.

January 6 / election fraud. Stuff is slowly coming out.

Internet Giant Censorship - I expect a huge backlash. Credibility / trust once lost, is hard to regain.

He deliberately did not comment on Covid.

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"Destruction of international tourism due to booster mandates." Yep, this is definitely under the radar. I know several who have cancelled 2022 trips already.

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Maybe a lot of moms figured that their kids were better off at home with them than in their woke, mask wearing school so if they could afford it they stayed home.

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Agree - schools closing due to Covid forced parents to stay at home, and they probably found out their family took a minor hit on income, but their families overall quality of life improved. There has been a huge increase in home schooling.

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I just read Denninger’s 2022 predictions. What’s his problem with Trump and DeSantis? He even calls the latter DeSatan at one point. I concede that neither man is perfect (duh!) but they are head and shoulders above eGOP candidates of old — Jeb! comes to mind.

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I hadda laugh at one of the links. A hospital hiring person was complaining that the employment agencies were "gouging" them. Let's see. The hospitals fire lots of highly trained and qualified people, experience severe staff shortages, then go running to the employment agencies for replacements. And expect costs to go down? What liberal la-la land do they inhabit?

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This still doesn't answer my basic question....How are all these people who are not working, getting by? It doesn't make any sense.

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I would suggest that America has been profoundly affected by a belief that the 2020 election was stolen, which is a fact even if you choose to argue that it wasn't stolen, and by the actions of Biden and the Democrats that do not tend to inspire confidence. Whatever the political future of this Country confidence in our institutions has been shaken, and people are taking things into their own hands. With Covid and its restrictions maybe the regime is bent on enforcing mandates to control us, but a byproduct is that the physical presence of employees at a particular work location can be circumvented, with a profound effect on the economies of places like New York City. Another result of this lack of confidence in the government, if not actually seeing government as the enemy, would be avoiding involvement in activities subject to government regulation and maybe even government knowledge, as you suggest.

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That's pretty good insight for some of it CTD.....but the vacancies I see are what would normally be filled by 20-30 year old range. And they generally have nothing saved at this point.

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Maybe they are living off their parents?

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It's been a while since I read Revelations. Seems like a good time to do so.

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