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Originally Posted by Wizzo
I forget parts of the country aren't like it is here, I could easily find at least dozen help wanted signs within 10 miles of my house for all sorts of jobs and that's usually the last resort people take for hiring people. I have a number of friends with businesses that have a hard time keeping enough people and not paying min. wage but much higher. Hopefully the rest will recover soon, I couldn't imagine getting out of bed for even $9 a hour.
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Here in the mid west, I see lots of help wanted signs, and the job section of the newspaper is once again several pages long. Problem is, welfare and other benefits pay more than $9 an hour, so why work...