"Nobody wants to work" Is there actually a labor shortage or do we just want to pay 2008 wages in 2026?

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I hear this line CONSTANTLY on jobsites and around the dinner table when my grandpa is deciding why the world has gone to sh**. But fuel is double what it was. Insurance is up. Housing is insane. Tools aren’t cheap. And a lot of entry level guys are still being offered wages that barely clear rent. For the guys running crews, are you actually struggling to find workers? Or struggling to find workers at the pay you want to offer? For the younger guys trying to get into a trade, what's the barr...