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ZRod said:
You started off strong but you ended up just like your parents, and raised worse kids.
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Generally, yes. Specifically, no. Our kids are much better than us. But I could give you hundreds of examples where that isn't the case.

BTW, I am technically barely a boomer. 1963 is in the last year or two of that generation.

 
JJ Husker said:
Generally, yes. Specifically, no. Our kids are much better than us. But I could give you hundreds of examples where that isn't the case.

BTW, I am technically barely a boomer. 1963 is in the last year or two of that generation.
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No you're kids are terrible. As is every successive generation.

 
JJ Husker said:
True story. I have 1 brother and 1 sister, both quite a few years older than me. When I was about 9 years old, +/- a few years, my brother explained to me how babies were made. My response? "Ooohh, you mean mom and dad had to do THAT 3 times?".   :lol:
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Your parents did it two more times than me!

 
JJ Husker said:
True story. I have 1 brother and 1 sister, both quite a few years older than me. When I was about 9 years old, +/- a few years, my brother explained to me how babies were made. My response? "Ooohh, you mean mom and dad had to do THAT 3 times?".   :lol:
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You being the youngest explains a lot.  :lol:

 
Some interesting perspectives in this article, one of which boils down to "Nebraska doesn't have a big enough work force." Certainly a lot of factors contributing to the problem.

Are federal unemployment benefits keeping people out of the workforce?

Not everyone agrees that the problem centers on the $300 a week benefits. Zoe Olson, executive director of the Nebraska Restaurant Association, says it comes down to Nebraska not having enough people.

And labor experts also have noted that the COVID-19 pandemic created problems that keep people out of the workforce. For example, some women are not searching for jobs because they haven’t found child care or have children taking classes at home. In addition, some workers remain reluctant to take service industry jobs that require contact with the public.

There’s no question that hiring issues are acute in Nebraska, where the 2.9% unemployment rate is tied for lowest in the nation.
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Enhance said:
Some interesting perspectives in this article, one of which boils down to "Nebraska doesn't have a big enough work force." Certainly a lot of factors contributing to the problem.

Are federal unemployment benefits keeping people out of the workforce?
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That was a very interesting article for me.  Thanks for posting it.  Several things I found interesting.

This is a very important part pertaining to Nebraska:

Grace Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Department of Labor, said Nebraska has almost 40,000 open jobs across all industries. She said just over 15,000 Nebraskans claimed unemployment benefits as of last week, not including those on short-term compensation. 
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We don't have enough people.  We need immigration.

Ledwich said base pay for non-servers at Zio’s starts at $11 to $12 per hour. While the base hourly pay for wait staff starts at $2.15, he said servers can expect tips during busy periods that bump that pay up to $15 to $20 per hour.
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Ron Popp, co-owner of two WheatFields restaurants and Andrés Tortillery in Omaha, said he’s not getting any applications despite offering full-time wait staff positions that could pay up to $30 per hour with tips accounting for 60% to 70% of that income.
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So....no....restaurant workers are not making "slave wages".

 
Oh.....and this exactly spells out the problem that the extra benefit causes.  I was for the extra benefit at the beginning.  But, it's past due to expire.  So, here we have an industry that doesn't have enough work for it's employees.  Meanwhile, we have many other industries that are struggling for employees.  So....Why should the industries that are extremely busy and desperately need workers, be paying taxes to supplement this industry allowing their furloughed workers just to sit at home?  Why shouldn't those unemployed workers go work for an industry that is busy and needs help?  Great for Mr. Buss.  Sucks for everyone else.

Jason Buss, a human resource manager for Camaco, which produces seats for pickup trucks and SUVs in Columbus, worries that scrapping the $300 benefit could cost him some workers.
 
Buss said the $300 weekly supplement is helping Camaco and its approximately 550 employees survive the global semiconductor chip shortage. The company had to furlough roughly half its workforce on a weekly basis since April, but employees are eligible for both state benefits and the federal supplement via the state’s short-term compensation program. Because of those payments, employees remain on board and are poised to return when the chip shortage abates.
 
“If those extra benefits get cut off before we’re back to full work, I’m going to start losing my workers to other places,” he said.
Buss said the company projects that it will continue to furlough employees at least until mid-June.
“(Our employees) really need those benefits until we’re back to full production,” he said. “There’s no doubt that we’re going to be working Saturdays and Sundays come July or whenever there are chips available. We just need time and the ability to hold onto these people and keep them comfortable … while they wait to work full time.”
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