It’s a combination of government handouts and folks being lazy. People used to be too proud to take government handouts and would bust their butts to do better for themselves and families. Somewhere along the line that behavior stopped. In my opinion that behavior is “learned” so the better question would be:

Who quit teaching these desired behaviors?


But general laziness has most definitely ramped up. Just about every business I know is short handed and it’s not all low wage jobs either. It’s across all spectrums. However it’s also a learned behavior. I’m 43 and my parents rarely let me be lazy. Lots of days we couldn’t come inside till the streetlights were on lol and we loved it.