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The myth behind 'nobody wants to work anymore'

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The country is facing a labor shortage. Employment ratios are up for every age group except those over 65, while actually even that group is up. The only way bargaining power won't shift is if we keep trying to flood the market with temporary foreign workers who have no labor rights. This demographic challenge is happening throughout the global north. It's even happening in places like china. Because of the one child policy from the 19 eighties, they're already starting to fret about population aging and not having enough workers in China.

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