Worker Deficit
Same old story, not enough qualified people to work or want to work. The service industry will be hit hard in the next couple of years with the advent of the $15 minimum wage. Employers already have this figured out; no full time employees. This way they can avoid the $15 minimum wage law. They you have retail stores who are installing "self-checkout". This eliminates a row of cashiers and takes only a few people to monitor the self check out kiosks. Another out is the fast food industry who are in full experimentation of robotic processing equipment. Again eliminating the need for people to do this work. Stand by folks if you think things will get cheaper, they won't.
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