Letter to the editor: Ideas to end labor shortage

I have not been tutored in government performance and organization, but it appears that the current shortage in the labor pool may be related to certain well-intended government initiatives gone awry. I cite a brief encounter with a customer service representative who was confined to a wheelchair. Certainly there are current social service programs that would have paid this young lady to stay at home. But she chose to contribute rather than take.

Perhaps if we purged the rolls of marginally eligible workmen’s comp, disability and unemployment claimants, we could probably fill all the existing vacancies. Just saying … .

Don Scott

Mt. Pleasant Township