Why Aren't People Working?

Apostle Paul is very clear when it comes to not working, "If a man won't work he shouldn't eat."

So how is it that every business in every town has a "help wanted" sign?  How is it that food supply companies have to cancel accounts because they can't find enough people to fill orders and pack trucks?  Oh yeah, and when the trucks are packed they can't find drivers to deliver them.

Some people have claimed that it's because all the baby boomers are retiring and they didn't have enough kids to replace them.  Others are claiming that its because there isn't enough immigration from other countries to fill the jobs that Americans won't do, like picking pumpkins, cleaning hotel rooms, etc...  And yet others claim that it's because parents don't require their high school and college kids to get jobs ever.  So the jobs that used to be filled by young kids are needing to be done by adults which then trickles up the chain.  And others claim that it's because the governments are paying workers to stay home.  They claim that the government is paying them unemployment and COVID relief funds that amount to about $21/hr so folks have enough money to live in their mom's basement, smoke a little weed and play Nintendo all day without have to be annoyed by some boss telling them what to do.

Maybe it's a combination of all of the above?

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh told Axios he wasn’t sure why people aren’t rejoining the workforce despite a large number of job openings.

“These questions are asked every month,” Walsh said in an interview released Sunday. “I don’t think there is an answer,” he continued.

The jobs report for September showed the U.S. economy added a disappointing 193,000 jobs, falling far short of estimates. The low number stands in contrast to the robust number of job openings companies are struggling to fill.

“Ramped up production may be necessary, but you can’t find the employees to ramp it up,” Ann Silver, head of the local Chamber of Commerce in Reno, Nevada, told The Wall Street Journal. “We’re hearing that from every sector—hospitality and touring, healthcare, you name it. People can’t be found. Everybody’s quick to say, ‘Wow, the economy is rebounding.’ Well, it can’t without human beings.”

“There’s no question that we have work to do,” Walsh said when asked about the September figure, as well as the low August numbers.

Walsh cited the pandemic and fear of the Delta variant as relevant factors, in addition to discussing how the concept of work-life balance is leading people to change careers. “They’re looking at their career and they’re saying, ‘We were in a career before. I want to get out of this career. I want to move forward,’” Walsh said.

He acknowledged the September jobs report showed “not the best number” but pointed to the growth in the private sector, which saw a sharp increase, as a positive indicator. Walsh said he also didn’t have an answer as to why there wasn’t a big spike in the public education sector amid schools reopening.

“If I had that answer, I’d be giving it all day today,” he said, adding that the Biden administration needed to “dig down a little bit more” in that area.

‘I don’t think there is an answer’: Labor secretary shrugs off questions about why people aren’t working (bizpacreview.com)

It's not real encouraging for Biden's Labor Secretary to basically admit he has no clue of what's going on.  But of course his boss doesn't either.  It makes us wonder who is actually driving this bus?  The governments of the world seem to be headed for a train wreck which includes currency collapse, wars, violence and default.  We pray that Jesus is coming soon because he says that his return for the church will be a time when the world is still marrying, giving in marriage, eating, drinking, planting and building and NOT a time of desperation, misery and collapse.