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At what point do we simply admit that maybe just maybe common sense still applies even if it goes against a cultural zeitgeist? If you increase the amount of m
by JPKab 6y ago
At what point do we simply admit that maybe just maybe common sense still applies even if it goes against a cultural zeitgeist?
If you increase the amount of money provided to people who aren't working then you change the cost benefit analysis of working a wage job.
The end game is higher prices at service businesses to allow them to pay people a higher wage to attract them.
A positive side effect I've noticed is that high school kids are getting hired in droves at local restaurants here.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoThe article lists a number of common sense explanations. Why would this one be special? Your first sentence applies very well to your own comment. Personally, what rings most true is the quote in the article about the virus being the first order issue. It seems much more common sense that the hiring challenges at the (hopefully) end of the pandemic are related to the fact that it’s still a pandemic.
- JPKab 6y agoPeople at that age group aren't afraid of the virus, they just prefer to get paid for doing nothing rather than a job they hate.
- xwolfi 6y agoThat was obvious to everyone from the start. In Hong Kong the gov tries horribly hard to stay away from cash incentive for the working population (usually only for retirees) and they try to offer more consumption-oriented staggered offers (during peak touristic period, in cashless cash coupons, for a limited time, for limited purposes). Giving so much cash with no other consequence than the "rich" taxpayers footing the bill one day maybe, is not gonna motivate the restauration workers who usually worked by necessity, not passion.