Plenty of Jobs for Low Pay
Plenty of Jobs for Low Pay– If you can afford to take a $10 or less per hour job you should be able to find work quickly in most areas of the country. As long as employers can squeeze more productivity or work hours out of existing employees serious increases in the number of jobs that can support a family are unlikely. With the average number of work hours rising we getting little closer to some hiring for reasonable paying jobs.
Governments should be using their unemployment insurance benefits smarter. They should provide people partial benefits for a limited period of time if they are willing to accept low wage positions. It would put more people in the workforce which would help them be more employable when other jobs are available. It would give them more money than they are receiving now with most of that money going directly into our economy as they spend it. It would provide the workers some opportunity for promotion at their place of employment and reduce public spending on unemployment benefits. Granted its a form of government subsidy for business. But this carrot for business should also come with a new emphasis to use local law enforcement to find and enforce the laws against hiring workers “off the books”. This creates an underground economy that pays no taxes or social security and often hires those illegally in this country.