Because there are fewer jobs than people that want them. For every twenty dogs there are only 19 bones. That's how economic theory is designed to work. If there

Because there are fewer jobs than people that want them. For every twenty dogs there are only 19 bones. That's how economic theory is designed to work. If there is a risk of too many jobs, policy is altered to restore 'order'. Do that and competition inevitably creates what we have - long hours miles from home for a pittance.