# Has A Government Ever Taken Drastic Measures To Address A Labor Shortage?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-government-ever-taken-drastic-measures-to-address-a-labor-shortage/963261 "2022-04-22T15:33:55Z")\
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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> I also think we lose by making _everything_ on line. Much less opportunity to socialize, which is bad for human mental health. Or maybe I’m just a cranky old fart.

That’s also an issue that keeps getting raised with the shift toward telework, but that’s only tangentially related to the subject of this thread (except insofar as a tight labor market puts employees in a better position to say “You want us to start commuting again? Ha ha ha no.”) New thread on that subject [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telework-and-its-discontents/963536).

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