tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post6642785054301919328..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Still more improvement in the labor marketScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-33753160637067808492012-02-23T11:31:24.795-08:002012-02-23T11:31:24.795-08:00It seems I am a regulatory burden myself with 3 po...It seems I am a regulatory burden myself with 3 postings of the same thing.Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088030568579672500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-80796039989869200362012-02-23T11:08:51.728-08:002012-02-23T11:08:51.728-08:00Squire: excellent example of increased regulatory ...Squire: excellent example of increased regulatory burdens on employers. Thanks for contributing!Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-84549435846263957382012-02-23T11:03:40.497-08:002012-02-23T11:03:40.497-08:00My small business clients are loathed to hire. Th...My small business clients are loathed to hire. The number one reason is that they are fearful of firing. One employer (who was forced to put his wife as president by his customers who are big corporations so they could list him as a minority owned supplier) only hires what he believes are healthy hetero white males as they don’t have the usual defenses that everyone else has. The company is Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088030568579672500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-84068170784930100722012-02-23T11:02:41.159-08:002012-02-23T11:02:41.159-08:00My small business clients are loathed to hire. Th...My small business clients are loathed to hire. The number one reason is that they are fearful of firing. One employer (who was forced to put his wife as president by his customers who are big corporations so they could list him as a minority owned supplier) only hires what he believes are healthy hetero white males as they don’t have the usual defenses that everyone else has. The company is Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088030568579672500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-1368276756988190702012-02-23T11:02:03.417-08:002012-02-23T11:02:03.417-08:00My small business clients are loathed to hire. Th...My small business clients are loathed to hire. The number one reason is that they are fearful of firing. One employer (who was forced to put his wife as president by his customers who are big corporations so they could list him as a minority owned supplier) only hires what he believes are healthy hetero white males as they don’t have the usual defenses that everyone else has. The company is Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088030568579672500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-59179195647071565992012-02-23T10:57:24.595-08:002012-02-23T10:57:24.595-08:00PS: Inflation will eventually kick in probably aft...PS: Inflation will eventually kick in probably after 2025 -- by then, the idle and unemployed will be burning down America, and the Fed will throw some cash around to the poor in order appease quelle violence, as well as to drive up equity prices even further...McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-45263568434478170472012-02-23T10:53:38.510-08:002012-02-23T10:53:38.510-08:00The good news is that the emerging recovery is not...The good news is that the emerging recovery is not based on hiring - in fact, labor participation is likely to decline for at least another decade regardless of any recovery -- what we must all accept is that labor is no longer a vital input to production -- my evidence is that unit labor costs have been in sharp decline for almost a decade, with no sign of improvement in sight -- moreover, McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-1272163614120255262012-02-23T10:06:12.743-08:002012-02-23T10:06:12.743-08:00"In other words, businesses are reluctant to ..."In other words, businesses are reluctant to hire because the cost of labor has increased substantially, and the cost of labor and overall tax burdens might increase even more in the future."--Grannis.<br /><br />Actually, unit labor costs have been falling. BLS puts its index at 108.7 for 3Q 2011, down from an annual peak of 111.0 in the 2Q 2009. <br /><br />Labor costs may be Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.com