According to the Pew Research Center the birth rate in the US has been on a continual decline since 1964. That was a long time ago, so if we’re on a continual decline, it makes sense that we have fewer people to take all of the available job openings.

Source: Letter: Labor shortage is due to declining population and busy youth, not laziness | Editorial | riponpress.com

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