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Originally Posted by Two Bills
There is of course the alternative, of making a working wage more attractive than unemployment payments.
That would mean paying a little more for your food, and/or sensible sized portions!
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This is a two-pronged problem. One is that businesses, especially restaurants, have been greatly affected by the pandemic so they've had to reduce their staff and economize in other ways. Secondly, many service industry workers were collecting both federal and state unemployment until that stopped recently. they might be slow getting back into the job scene as maybe they've saved up during the past year and half and are living off that for the time being.
And finally, you don't raise wages during an inflationary economy. Having said that, many businesses have offered workers incentives like paying for their college tuition among other perks.