What’s Your Opinion on How Different The US Will Be After Covid 19

[donner]

Stuck here as well , the deserving of low pay .. that is a loaded discussion. Paying some one $15 an hour to flip burgers leads to mediocrity,BUT, that is my opinion. We keep hearing how America has moved into a service society but what I see is a bunch of Americans that are unwilling to bust their ass to learn a trade. Construction industry has a huge amount of openings but so many of today's youngsters feel they can walk straight into a well paying position with zero experience. If you are unwilling to take the steps to improve your lot in life than enjoy your $9 an hour job. You get out of life what you put into it and asking the government to mandate your betterment in my opinion is just lazy. The work is out there , go find it.

lots of 'loaded' discussion there, too.

My point being that many of those same jobs are 'deserving of low pay' are now being relied upon in a way they weren't a month ago. But this change in circumstance will likely influence the next discussion (whether it changes the outcome of those discussions remains to be seen). And it wont just be in regards to minimum wage, but wages in general, i suspect.

I think if we looked at a list of 'essential' jobs this time last year we'd have scoffed at some of the tasks that are proving important now. And that will carry forward.

 

[Pstmstr]

Very little will change except we will be paying more taxes to pay for the great giveaway. We are all very slow learners and tolerant of lying politicians.


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[chuter]

I think it's possible more people will start working from home.
Think of the fuel and vehicle maintenance that could be saved. And utility and building costs for the employers.

Also the loss of lunch business for restaurants, and other brick and mortar business that people go to on their way to and from work.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

I suspect there are currently more online shoppers than ever due to CV, and I really don't expect that number to drop back to previous levels.

It doesn't bode well for small brick & mortar stores IMO. :/

It will now be up to them to find a way to appeal to customers in ways that online businesses cannot. Similar story to the old buggy whip analogy.

 

[Tanis143]

Also the loss of lunch business for restaurants, and other brick and mortar business that people go to on their way to and from work.

Not really. Look at Grubhub, Ubereats and Doordash. More and more people were using those services even before covid19. Now they are considered essential as a food delivery service and are probably a major reason restaurants are still in business in some places.

 

[donner]

Not really. Look at Grubhub, Ubereats and Doordash. More and more people were using those services even before covid19. Now they are considered essential as a food delivery service and are probably a major reason restaurants are still in business in some places.

i think they absolutely are here. i did carryout the other night from a local place and there must have been 8 cars picking up for different services.

 

[CHenry]

I think there will be a "generation of coronas" born in about 9 months

"Children of the quarn"
BAHAHA!

 

[donner]

I think there will be a "generation of coronas" born in about 9 months

as someone tweeted online last week. If there is a baby boom, the kids will all be first-borns.

 

[CHenry]

Things will return to normal. That normal being the evolution we have been going through since this great experiment called America began.

 

[CHenry]

There will be a vaccine for covid19 and then covid 20 will come out.
Wash rinse repeat.