Three Federal /State stimulus programs stop paying….
We’ll see how this loss of money effects the job market for America….
Businesses ARE begging for more staff…..
Will more people go back to work?
The economy is NOT as strong as some thought it was also….
Will the loss of income set off a slowing in consumer spending?
Will Democrats in Congress try to put in place a new round of unemployment stimulus increases?
And finally?
What is the political effect of this?
The cessation of this jobless aid, first put in place by Congress nearly 18 months ago, could upend the lives of millions of Americans still struggling to find work at a time when the pandemic’s delta variant is wreaking fresh havoc across a number of states. It could also lead to a sharp pullback in spending, particularly in certain areas of the country, impacting a wide range of restaurants and other businesses that rely on consumer dollars.
“I don’t understand how anyone in Washington cannot know normal people, their friends, families, cousins who are going through this,” said Kathleen Fox, a producer in New York whose past work has been recognized with a prestigious Peabody Award but who has struggled to find work after the pandemic upended her industry. “The [Biden] administration has lost interest in this cause and they’ve moved on to other things.”….
New Open Thread is HERE…..
I forgot to mention this Labor Day…..
It’s suppose to celebrate this countries Labor and Union’s…..
Thought their power seems to be weakening?
Bless them for their efforts in this country
Their members have helped making America the GREAT country it is….
Actor Michael K. Williams, of “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” fame, found dead in NYC at age 54.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-k-williams-the-wire-star-dead-at-54-1235009002/amp/
Michelle Wu in a commanding position in the Boston mayoral race, new Suffolk/Globe poll shows
¶Janey, Essaibi George, and Campbell in tight race for second in final week of preliminary election
By Meghan E. Irons, Boston Globe Staff,
Updated September 7, 2021, 12:00 a.m.
As early voting swings into motion, a new poll shows City Councilor Michelle Wu of Roslindale with a commanding lead over her competitors, confirming the findings of other recent surveys that point to a battle brewing for second place in the preliminary contest for Boston mayor.
With roughly a week to go before Tuesday’s preliminary election, Wu sits atop of the pack with 31 percent, outside the poll’s margin of error, according to the Suffolk University and Boston Globe poll of 500 likely voters. Wu’s standing is an improvement over where she was in June, when a Suffolk/Globe poll found her with support from 23 percent of likely voters.
Three other contenders are bunched together in the race for second place — Kim Janey, who is the acting mayor, at 20 percent; and City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George at 19 percent and Andrea Campbell at 18 percent. John Barros, the city’s former chief of economic development, trails far behind at 3 percent.
Janey’s standing actually decreased by 2 percentage points, while Essaibi George and Campbell gained support, since the June poll. The top two finishers in the Sept. 14 preliminary will face off against each other on Nov. 2.
The survey suggests that Wu has a clear path toward advancing to the Nov. 2 final, said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, which conducted the poll. “Her margin is bigger than the remaining undecideds and [the number of people refusing to take the survey]. This establishes her position and it really makes the final week of the mayor’s race about number two.”
As the window closes on voting, Paleologos said that a pair of upcoming debates — one Wednesday, the other Thursday — could help voters on the fence make a decision about whom to embrace. Turnout is expected to be low, as it historically is in preliminary municipal elections, and the so-called “soft voters” — those who have at least two favorites in the race — and undecided voters could be the key factors in the election….
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/07/metro/wu-commanding-position-new-poll/
Full results here:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/07/metro/read-full-results-suffolkglobe-poll-boston-mayoral-race/
Boston voters LIKE mask mandates (unlike many in other parts of the country):
From the Boston Globe/Suffolk University mayoral poll:
18. Do you approve or disapprove of how Kim Janey is handling the coronavirus pandemic? (N=500)
Approve — 320 — 64.0 %
Disapprove — 100 — 20.0
Undecided — 77 — 15.4
Refused — 3 — 0.6
19. Acting Mayor Kim Janey recently imposed a new mask mandate in Boston, requiring everyone over the age of two to wear a mask when inside a business, gym, restaurant, or other location open to the public. Do you agree or disagree with this action? (N=500)
Agree –415 — 83.0 %
Disagree — 76 — 15.2
Undecided — 9 — 1.8
21. Acting mayor Kim Janey is requiring that all 18,000 city workers must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or submit to weekly testing. Do you agree or disagree with this action? (N=500)
Agree — 419 — 83.8 %
Disagree —67 — 13.4
Undecided — 13 — 2.6
Refused — 1 — 0.2
22. Do you believe her mandate should be stronger, that is, to REQUIRE every city worker to be vaccinated – yes or no?(N=419)
Yes — 277 — 66.1 %
No — 122 — 29.1
Undecided — 20 — 4.8
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/07/metro/read-full-results-suffolkglobe-poll-boston-mayoral-race/
Janey came out AGAINST mask’s right?
Not a good look……
Wu in the lead, eh?
They never got around to finishing California City. Maybe that is a good start down that road.
https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/telosa-marc-lore-blake-ingels-new-city/index.html
https://aperture.org/editorial/surreal-landscapes-california-city/
Good news for James….
His fellow war lover Lindsay Graham says we will once again invade Afghanistan!
I doubt a invasion
But the US military and intel community WILL be In and about Afghanistan…..
Might even ‘join’ the new government in going after it’s enemies who are probably ‘our’ enemies……
This is unusual.
No words from James today.
I hope everything is ok with him.
Emailed him a couple minutes ago. I was curious what some of his favorite locales in the area are, as I am looking at doing a slideshow video with area specific pictures. Wanted to pick his brain for some other areas I might not otherwise consider. Hadn’t seen this post just yet. Concerning indeed, as James is in his early 70’s, if my math is right.
I got the idea I emailed James about from watching this music video last night, and it seemed like an avenue worth going down given the upcoming 2 decade anniversary of 911 and all: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bVYXWVs0Prc
NYC area, I should say.
He did email back. Probably taking a break with family and such.
Evening people……
I’m tired but fine……
Building a new shed for a bigger snow blower and my lawn mower……
Good meditation, different brain cells and using ur hands!…….
Not finished yet
Will post later……
No, James, just the opposite.
MANDATE FOR CITY OF BOSTON
August 27, 2021
PUBLISHED BY:
MAYOR’S OFFICE
The City will address the COVID-19 Delta variant through a five-point plan.
Mayor Kim Janey today announced face masks will be required in all indoor public settings in the City of Boston, as part of a Five-Point Plan for the Delta Variant, a more contagious COVID-19 variant that is now the primary strain of the virus. The public health order, issued by the Boston Public Health Commission, is effective at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, August 27 in the City of Boston. The City is implementing this proactive public health plan to mitigate community transmission of the Delta variant, ahead of the arrival of more than 50,000 college students from across the country and a return to school for more than 50,000 Boston Public Schools students. Most of the 100,000 children who live in the City of Boston are too young to be eligible for vaccination.
“There is nothing more important than Boston’s safe recovery, reopening, and renewal from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mayor Janey. “We know that masks work best when everyone wears one. Requiring masks indoors is a proactive public health measure to limit transmission of the Delta variant, boost the public confidence in our businesses and venues, and protect the residents of our city who are too young for vaccination.” …
https://content.boston.gov/news/mayor-janey-announces-indoor-mask-mandate-city-boston
(However a photo the next day of the Mayor without a mask inside a restaurant just before it opened for the night did arouse comment. She said she took it off just for the photo and put it back on afterwards)
Morning….
More construction work for this ole’ dog…..
Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III (D-Ill.) has died, and former interim U.S. Sen. Mo Cowan (D-Mass.; remember him?) has a new job.
¶ Former U.S. Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III, the fourth generation of an iconic Illinois Democratic political family to hold public office and who lost the closest governor’s race in state history, died Monday in his Chicago home. He was 90.
Stevenson — the namesake of a great-grandfather who served as 23rd vice president of the United States and of a father who served as Illinois’ 31st governor and twice ran as the Democratic nominee for president — represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 1970 through 1981.
His wife of 67 years, Nancy Stevenson, confirmed his death.
“When he was in the Senate, he didn’t go to a lot of fancy dinners. He came home to dinner with the family,” she said. “That was his first and constant concern, the family.”
Stevenson’s political career began when he was elected in 1964 as a member of the Illinois House on the famous “bedsheet” ballot, where all candidates ran for at-large statewide seats because of redistricting problems.
He then successfully ran for Illinois treasurer in 1966, holding that office until November 1970 when he won a special U.S. Senate election following the death of Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen a year earlier.
Stevenson easily defeated Republican Ralph Tyler Smith, who had been appointed to the seat, taking 58% of the vote. After finishing Dirksen’s term, Stevenson won reelection in 1974, then decided not to run again in 1980. He stepped aside in January 1981 for fellow Democrat Alan Dixon, who won the November election.
In 1982, Stevenson ran for governor. He had initially sought the Democratic Party’s backing for the office in 1968, but was brushed aside by then-Mayor Richard J. Daley. The 1982 matchup would go down as the tightest race for governor in Illinois history, with Stevenson losing by less than 1 percentage point — 5,074 votes to be exact — to Republican incumbent James R. Thompson….
In 1986, Stevenson sought a rematch. After winning the party’s nomination in the primary, he abandoned the Democratic ticket after Mark Fairchild and Janice Hart, followers of political extremist Lyndon LaRouche, won the nomination for lieutenant governor and secretary of state, respectively.
Stevenson instead mounted a third-party candidacy on the ticket of the Illinois Solidarity Party, which all but ensured the clobbering Thompson gave him on his way to winning a historic fourth term in office. The Illinois AFL-CIO endorsed Thompson in 1986, a rare backing of a Republican in a statewide race by a traditional and politically powerful Democratic ally in organized labor.
In both campaigns, Stevenson suffered from a charisma deficit compared with the more convivial Thompson….
In his bids for governor, the youngest Stevenson often said he was born to run for office and often referenced the political debt he owed his famous father.
In his 2017 interview with the Tribune, Stevenson noted that his son, executive Adlai Stevenson IV, and grandson Adlai Stevenson V didn’t seem inclined to follow his footsteps into politics.
“My father said he was ‘born with an incurable hereditary disease of politics,’” Stevenson said. “Apparently, the disease has been cured.”…
— Bill Ruthhart, Chicago Tribune
Much more here (wish CG were here to give his perspective):
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-us-sen-adlai-stevenson-iii-dies-at-90/ar-AAOcJmi
¶ Former interim US senator William “Mo” Cowan is leaving General Electric to take a job in October at Devoted Health, a fast-growing provider of Medicare services located in Waltham.
Cowan is one of the most well-known executives in the company’s Boston headquarters among local civic and business leaders, and he’s also one of the state’s most prominent Black corporate executives. He will become chief legal and external affairs officer at Devoted Health, a Medicare Advantage provider founded four years ago by brothers Ed and Todd Park….
Cowan was an attorney at law firm Mintz Levin before joining the administration of then-Governor Deval Patrick, first as legal counsel and then as chief of staff. Patrick appointed him interim US senator in 2013, taking over when John Kerry was named secretary of state. Cowan served in the Senate for about six months, until Ed Markey took over after winning the special election for the seat.
Cowan went back to Mintz Levin to work for its lobbying arm, ML Strategies, eventually as its chief executive. …
— By Jon Chesto, Boston Globe Staff,
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/07/business/mo-cowan-is-leaving-ge-executive-job-devoted-health-waltham/
Posting will resume tomorrow
Morning All….
Best to ya !
Sen. Amy Klobuchar revealed Thursday she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year but that she had since been treated successfully for the disease and was at no greater risk of developing it again….
More…
Morning People…..
Republicans are getting ready to claim that the CA recall election was stolen. And the conservative news media will support that claim.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/politics/fact-check-republican-claims-recall-rigged-stolen/index.html
I saw that Z….
Good get….
Losing with a lead candidate that is self imploding?
They revert back to the Trump chronicles ….
The California Recall, aka the “Burning Man” of political campaigns, ends in mere days…
If I lived out there, I’d definitely vote against the recall, but if I were going to vote for one of the Republicans, I’d have to pick John Cox. This is less because he’s substantively different from Elder and Faulconer and the rest of the Clown Car(He is not) and more because his stunt campaigning with a Kodiak Bear deserves some snickering amount of respect.
California is a very Democratic state, and the idea of claiming that the race was somehow stolen if of course ridiculous. However, next year, I’d be happy to see Antonio Villaraigosa or some other high stature Democrat(Kamala Harris, maybe?) successfully Primary Newsom out of office. The fact that Newsom had the ability to inflame tensions to the point of bringing on the present farce speaks volumes negatively about what kind of leader he is, even if he happens to be right about the big issues.
Did it have anything to do with Newsom taking a vacation during the height of the pandemic?
That and the ‘French Laundry’ incident.
True THIS.…
Chris Cillizza
@ChrisCillizza
Anger is a powerful emotion.
Link…
And a dangerous one.
And at the moment, we as a people are just so damn angry.
And that anger will have consequences. Bad ones.
Kelly Anne Conway reminded me of CG’s “what abouts” yesterday. Biden had called for her resignation from some Trump appointed military board and she complained that it was not within presidential norms to do so. This after dozens of times when she defended Trump for doing far more outrageous things that were not within “presidential norms”. Citing a trivial example when overlooking far more nefarious events is shameful and disingenuous.
Morning All……
Hello all. I’m back after spending the first week of September in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to the coast and mountains I spent time in a city FOX News has convinced those living in Meth Falls, West Virginia is a hellhole–Seattle. It’s a thriving, educated, diverse and highly vaccinated city. Sure, like other cities it bears an undue burden of a problem that is created everywhere–homelessness–but all in all a wonderful place.
I see that the CEO of Sales Force is paying relocation costs of employees who want to flee Texas in light of the draconian anti-abortion laws Abbott put into place. My guess is few will actually take them up on that offer, but this will further galvanize all potential voters in the state that aren’t part of Y’all Qaeda. It could be worth a couple more points in eventually flipping Texas blue.
Billionaire Offers to Relocate Employees Out of Texas
Billionaire Marc Benioff said his company, Salesforce, will relocate any Texas employees who want to move out of the state because of its draconian new abortion law, CNBC reports.
Morning……
The NY Giants need a new QB AGAIN!
Morning…..
Another storm looking to drop tons of rain on Texas and Louisiana…..
This loser actually had a show called, and I swear I’m not making this up, “Real Science Radio.”
https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-radio-host-bob-enyart-who-fought-covid-restrictions-court-dies-covid-1628721?amp=1
Maybe James could replace this guy? He’s anti-vaccine too!
James would probably be too smart for that audience, if you could imagine that.
Now if our friend from 5 years ago RepublICAN wanted a radio gig…
I stumbled across a radio station in my Middle Georgia and rural SC travels yesterday that carried the old Point of View format, which is a long standing bastion of the Religious Right I quickly came to realize. When you get out into the sticks and the NPR and Oldies Radio stations get out of range, most radio is like that, bombastic oldsters serving up a smorgasbord of Bible verses and conspiracies.
No I can’t really.
Good Morning…..
My official call is that Republicans have better odds at NYC Mayor than they do with any of the Governorships up this year.
He, he, he…..
Well?
I guy who is gonna be the next Big Apple Mayor WAS a Black Republican back in the day…..
And by Republicans having a better than average shot, my call on that would be Adams over Sliwa 57-43.
Not a bad call SE…
Might be a slightly bigger margin…..
It will be way closer than any of DeBlasio’s wins and the closest since Bloomberg’s last win, but still a big margin for D’s. Though also not a performance to sneeze at on the part of R’s.
If Democrats had picked Wiley, Stringer, or Yang(Who would have been my ranked second choice behind Garcia and just ahead of Adams), you would be looking at a tighter race than Bloomberg’s last reelection.
Even if he did become Mayor, no serious person would spend these prices on a book he wrote almost 40 years ago. Nuts!
https://www.amazon.com/Street-Smart-Guardian-Angel-Living/dp/0201077892
CA recall prediction
No-61%
Yes-39%
Sounds about right, plus or minus 2% either way.
Even when CG waa on here getting erect at polls showing it to be close I figured Newsom would hold on by 7-9 points.
I’m about with U Scott
Blow out ….,,
Morning….
Controversial right-wing Pastor Greg Locke attacked members of his church who criticize him for using his sermons to discuss politics, calling them “judgmental,” “cowards” and “hypocrites.”
Footage of his Sunday sermon, posted on Twitter by Right Wing Watch, features Locke, the head of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, calling out churchgoers who have said he “is too outspoken politically” during his sermons.
Locke said he is “bothered” by this, telling them they are free to leave. He dismissed the criticism, saying that in a sermon that could last for up to 45 minutes to one hour, he only mentions politics for a few minutes.
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Right-Wing Pastor Greg Locke Attacks Followers Complaining About His Political Rants During Sermons
BY ANDREW STANTON ON 9/12/21 AT 6:24 PM EDT
00:45Controversial Pastor Threatens Local Newspaper During Sermon: ‘I got a knife…Greenville News, Come On’
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Controversial right-wing Pastor Greg Locke attacked members of his church who criticize him for using his sermons to discuss politics, calling them “judgmental,” “cowards” and “hypocrites.”
Footage of his Sunday sermon, posted on Twitter by Right Wing Watch, features Locke, the head of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, calling out churchgoers who have said he “is too outspoken politically” during his sermons.
Locke said he is “bothered” by this, telling them they are free to leave. He dismissed the criticism, saying that in a sermon that could last for up to 45 minutes to one hour, he only mentions politics for a few minutes.
“We’ve got some people under the tent right now. You have the hardest time keeping your mouth shut about your church, so I’m going to sit here for about 15 seconds and just give you a chance to leave anytime you want to, because we need your seat anyhow,” he said…
“If you think I’m going to stop just because you want me to, you’ve lost your mind,” he said. “I’m just getting started. I’m just now calling out Joe Biden. I’m just now preaching against the LGBTQ community. I’m just now calling out abortion. I’m just now talking about election fraud. I’m just talking about Antifa and Black Lives Matter. I’m just now calling out this wicked nonsense.”
Locke has frequently spoken about politics during his controversial sermons. In June, a speech in which he claimed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are overseeing “child-trafficking” went viral, being viewed more than 1.5 million times.
https://www.newsweek.com/right-wing-pastor-greg-locke-attacks-followers-complaining-about-his-political-rants-during-sermons-1628296
Morning people…..
Glad to see everyone holding down the place while i work on my project….
Thanks
I’ll post later…..
Who wouldn’t love to be a young lady getting eyeballed by this guy? Probably got to pony up some dough for that honor.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/16/crenshaw-activist-army-511963
Another one bites the dust?
GOP Lawmaker Who Voted to Impeach Won’t Run Again
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), who voted to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, says he will not seek reelection in 2022, The Hill reports.
More proof that Trump runs the Party.
Oh, and 73% of Republicans think Biden is an illegitimate President. I wonder who told them that?
Yes and Trumps people are working in Wyoming to eliminate all those running against Liz Cheney.
Three have already dropped out and others are expected to.
The idea is to get it down two or three opponents.Trump has already endorsed a candidate .If the Trumpites are successful?Cheney is at best 50/50 for re-election .
While we are told here daily that Trumps control of the Republican Party is slipping?The few Republicans who actively oppose him are biting the dust.
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, an Ohio Republican who voted to impeach Trump in Jan announced he will not run for reelection in 2022
Actually one wonders why Gonzalez is bowing out?
We are told here that Trumps hold on the Republican Party is lessening by the day.Why by next year at this time ?Trump will likely be far gone as a power in the party.
Indeed if what we read here is true?There will likely be lots of anti Trump types running in Republican primaries bragging about their anti Trump bona fides .
I’m sure our host is as puzzled by Gonzalez’s actions as everyone else
The lawmaker says his party leader has ‘poisoned the waters’….
He’s bailing…….
He’ll be able to live looking at himself in the mirror
Good for him…..
Morning people….
Joe Biden ‘s Honey Moon is WTF Over……
He’s gone to the beach today……
Link…
Morning….
Bloomberg
@business
President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party won a decisive victory in legislative polls despite simmering discontent after sidelining political opponents, an exit poll shows
Morning….
Morning All…..
Stock Market drops almost 2%
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/20/business/economy-stock-market-news/
Morning…..
And The Hill seems to be leaning to right with its new owners…..
The man don’t shoot blanks, eh?
Boris Johnson Confirms He Has Six Children
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has finally admitted in a Today Show interview that he is the father of at least six children.
CNN: “The number of children sired by Johnson has been a talking point in British politics for many years, after an English court discharged an injunction banning news organizations from reporting the existence of a daughter as the result of an extra-marital affair.”
“Johnson has four children with his ex-wife Marina Wheeler, one daughter from the affair, and a son with his wife Carrie Johnson, who he married earlier this year.”
Morning…….
Joe Biden having a rough spell….
Morning….
Morning
There are still 18 states that have failed to vaccinate 1/2 of its population. All are red stares – unless you consider Georgia a blue state.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the longest-serving Senate Republican, announced on Friday that he’s running for re-election in 2022….
More…
Georgia now tilts narrowly blue(The Ossoff win proves that out well, he was not the party’s best candidate by a mile and he still won), but it is still a very swingy state where mere hundreds or thousands of votes can swing an election.
Federal Appeals Court just doubled down on Manhattan DA’s getting Donald Trump’s tax and financial data…..
Hmmmmm?
This ain’t just going away….
Let me just say some of the back and forth between James and Zreebs is starting to remind me of the never-ending shit fest between Donald Trump and John McCain. And it’s hard to tell who has more class(crass?) between Don and Jim.
It DOES get tired SE…..
Almost all of my replies are to other people unless James specifically calls me out. Most of what he writes I don’t even read. I offered to not reply to James if he didn’t reply to me, but he turned me down. The offer is still on the table. I don’t feel I can have an intelligent conversation with him without him making shit up, and trust me, I am tired of it.
What a pile of manure.
You love this stuff.
Indeed on various occasions you are babbling “I’m having fun” when engaging in lengthy back and forths.
You’re “tired?”
Hers a hint Homer?..
STFU !
My thoughts exactly Jack.
But I have a question for the group (all six of us): How can we trust the opinion of someone who obviously does not trust science and won’t get vaccinated?
Do we really respect that person’s opinion?
Although the vast majority of people with underlying medical conditions can and should get vaccinated, there are apparently a small number of people who are likely to be allergic to the vaccine and some other people who are planning future surgeries that their doctor may recommend delaying the vaccine. It is certainly possible that James has some valid justification. Obviously, the vast majority of unvaccinated in the USA do not have a valid excuse.
I don’t trust james’s opinion mostly because he often gives the impression that he has difficulty comprehending what he reads. In fairness, I don’t trust most people’s opinion. I do respect and may be persuaded by the opinions of most of the regulars on this site.
He, he, he….
Glad to see Ur at your Saturday BEST Jack!🤣
Like you often say…
“Just keeping it REAL.”
He, he, he
Yea RIGHT???
Well?
Knock urself out keep’s things going for ya!
Headline idea: “The Opioid Crisis….Americans Do Love Their Drugs..”
If anyone thought that the meaningless and perhaps fraudulent audit performed by the pro-GOP Cyber Ninjas would end the discussion that the election was stolen, think again. Many GOP officials including GOP chair Kelli Ward continue to say there were problems with the election. Republicans are still hoping to find a way to reverse the 2020 election and are laying the groundwork for a successful challenge in 2024 if needed.
Good Morning all
Callous Republican of the Day…
… or tax cuts as incentives for the wealthy; benefit cuts to make the poor work at low wages. (The GOP and investor- class approach to redistribution of wealth and income.)
Heaven forbid raising wages to recruit more labor; God forbid letting the Democrats make the rich start paying more taxes again.
Sad thing is that many working stiffs will vote for Gary Cohn’s old boss, DJT.
Gary Cohn, a key architect of former President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, has a new mission.
“We now need to get people back into the workforce and we need to force people in many respects to re-enter the workforce,” Cohn told Yahoo Finance Live.
Cohn said he is worried the current shortage of labor threatens to undermine the ability of American businesses to compete at home and globally. The U.S. Department of Labor’s latest JOLTS report showed there are almost 11 million job openings and roughly 8.4 million unemployed people in the United States.
“I think it’s a huge issue right now, as you point out, labor demand is far outpacing labor supply,” Stifel Chief Economist Lindsey Piegza said. But getting the unemployed back on the job, “it’s not going to be a very fast or flip the switch scenario,” Piegza added.
Cohn points to recent earnings reports from Darden Restaurants (DRI) and FedEx (FDX) which highlighted labor shortages as an issue impeding their growth. “They’re not looking for that skilled of a labor force, they need a labor force that’s willing to come to work,” he said.
Federally funded pandemic related unemployment benefits expired at the beginning of September. But various states have extended eviction moratoriums and other measures, like prohibiting utilities from cutting off service for customers who fall behind on their bills. Democrats in Congress are also planning to introduce legislation to restore and extend COVID-19 unemployment benefits into next year.
“I think we have to stop many of these programs at a high level that are encouraging people to stay home and start encouraging to reenter the workforce,” Cohn said….
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gary-cohn-we-need-to-force-people-in-many-respects-back-to-work-105004787.html
Come to think of it, this reminds me of noting so much as the upper and upper-middle class complaint about the Servant Problem during and after World War One (or for that matter, since the start of the Industrial Revolution):
How impossible it was to find good help when the lower classes preferred working in mills and factories for more wages for shorter hours with fewer restraints and less exhaustion.
History repeats itself as it often does, eh?