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People care about their retirement. (When) (will) what’s happening in France migrate to the US?

You could argue we are seeing a bit of it right now. Labor is tight. For a range of reasons employers, especially those whose jobs rank at the lower end of the income spectrum, can’t find enough qualified workers to hire at prevailing wages and with prevailing benefits.