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It was one of the lead stories again recently: “The employment mystery: At a time when millions are unemployed, why are so many jobs going unfilled?”
The employment mystery!
The gist of the story was that millions of laid-off workers are holding out on their employers because they’re looking for a better deal, and the emergency unemployment checks mean they can do it without losing their shirt.
This really annoys some politicians who see it as proof that America is becoming a European welfare state of unproductive slackers, smoking skinny cigarettes, and carrying baguettes.
I don’t know how they’re so
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