2000-2020:
-Companies merged into mega corps & eliminated good jobs
-Millennials could only find retail jobs for $10/hour part time
-This kept inflation low because companies didn't give raises. They just easily replaced people.
-Millennials couldn't afford kids. Birth rate keeps dropping
2021+:
-Some Baby Boomers retire & low births = not enough replacements.
-This drives wages up.
-Because no one gave a s*** about mergers the mega corps charge whatever they want. No competition.
-Because of dropping birth rates there aren't enough workers to support Social Security.
-People cite government handouts for labor shortages and do not realize how bad it'll get if people do not have more kids & baby Boomers keep retiring.