Yesterday you had the headline "McDonald’s starts hiring children as restaurant struggles for staff". You can't have it both ways. If we are so short of workers that we have to employ teenagers, then it is clearly time to back off the stimulus jobless benefits.
And btw, I realise that headline is copied from "The Independent", but 14 and 15 year olds aren't children (just ask any 14-year old). And I see nothing wrong with teenagers getting a part time job. In fact I think those teenagers will probably end up being better members of society, than teenagers who get everything handed to them on a plate. They get some financial independence, and they see what holding down a job means.
Procias MacAnEan, This is a big country, so yes, both of these things can be true at the same time. Withdrawing all unemployment support and ending the eviction moratorium at the same time will likely increase homelessness exponentially. Once homeless getting and keeping a job becomes a much harder.
Covid still rages on across the country and people with a comorbidity or three might not be ready to take the risk of working outside their home yet, even if they are vaccinated. They cannot afford to possibly be hospitalized because they will be financially ruined by a big medical bill.
Consider places where a main employer has closed and there isn't public transportation to a near city with any job prospects.
Consider that some workers would work, but they cannot find affordable childcare. Those McDonalds jobs don't pay enough to afford childcare, and usually not enough to afford rent.
You say 14 and 15 year olds are not children, but legally they are. Many of these entry level jobs are hard and set at a pace where accidents and injuries are likely to happen. Is that when you want for teenagers, job injuries so they can be on disability before they graduate from high school?
That is only the smallest example of reasons why people might not be lining up for those crappy McDonalds jobs. Ending extended unemployment will only lead to greater problems, that cost tax payers even more money.
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Yesterday you had the headline "McDonald’s starts hiring children as restaurant struggles for staff". You can't have it both ways. If we are so short of workers that we have to employ teenagers, then it is clearly time to back off the stimulus jobless benefits.
And btw, I realise that headline is copied from "The Independent", but 14 and 15 year olds aren't children (just ask any 14-year old). And I see nothing wrong with teenagers getting a part time job. In fact I think those teenagers will probably end up being better members of society, than teenagers who get everything handed to them on a plate. They get some financial independence, and they see what holding down a job means.
Procias MacAnEan, This is a big country, so yes, both of these things can be true at the same time. Withdrawing all unemployment support and ending the eviction moratorium at the same time will likely increase homelessness exponentially. Once homeless getting and keeping a job becomes a much harder.
Covid still rages on across the country and people with a comorbidity or three might not be ready to take the risk of working outside their home yet, even if they are vaccinated. They cannot afford to possibly be hospitalized because they will be financially ruined by a big medical bill.
Consider places where a main employer has closed and there isn't public transportation to a near city with any job prospects.
Consider that some workers would work, but they cannot find affordable childcare. Those McDonalds jobs don't pay enough to afford childcare, and usually not enough to afford rent.
You say 14 and 15 year olds are not children, but legally they are. Many of these entry level jobs are hard and set at a pace where accidents and injuries are likely to happen. Is that when you want for teenagers, job injuries so they can be on disability before they graduate from high school?
That is only the smallest example of reasons why people might not be lining up for those crappy McDonalds jobs. Ending extended unemployment will only lead to greater problems, that cost tax payers even more money.
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