Job Openings Exist – No one Wants those Jobs

The Labor Department’s Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) shows that by May, the economy had more than 9 million unfilled job openings, the highest number since the survey began in 2000, and double the number available as recently as 2014. The unemployment rate in July was 5.4 percent and presumably would have been lower if job seekers had taken some of the many available positions.  Explain  what is the reason for a rental eviction moratorium?

I feel badly for those who lack the skills to obtain nothing more than a  minimum wage job but life isn’t fair.  I cannot be a lawyer or doctor because I lack the ability to pass the bar or meet the standards to be a doctor.  That is simply a fact.

Many people are receiving more unemployment benefit aid than the money they would earn in their previous job. Millions will lose pandemic unemployment in September—many have already been cut off. … The programs, which support people who’d normally fall through the cracks of the unemployment system, were established in the March 2020 CARES Act and extended until Labor Day 2021 through the American Rescue Plan.

Roughly 7.5 million workers who’ve relied on pandemic-era unemployment benefits will be cut off from jobless aid altogether when they are set to expire on September 6, according to estimates from The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank.  Rising Covid cases due to the contagious delta variant make finding a job difficult but how difficult when retail and hospitality businesses are clamoring for workers?

A consequence of low paying jobs means a lack of affordable housing.  This is not a Covid-19 issue.  The poor have been confronted with this issue all of their lives.  It begs the question: Is it the government’s responsibility to provide housing for everyone?  I believe the answer is yes.  Many cities do provide public housing.  Most Democrats say the answer is YES and most Republicans say NO. But it’s not that simple.  There are unfilled jobs available now.  I won’t be surprised if many of those unwanted openings are filled after September 6.