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That's an excellent question plaqueing economists and workforce development professionals. It made send for people to stay home when they were receiving supplemental federal unemployment insurance. But now? How are they surviving?

I think that workers at this level (blue-collar, light industrial, low-skilled, whatever) have become empowered within the economic turmoil. I think that whereas before, they'd take any job at any wage out of desperation, now they recognize there's much more demand for their services, so they can jump around, seeking for the better option. I suspect that it'll all normalize over time, but that's the one commodity we can't afford, at this point.