Signs of the Top

AP: Shortage of snowplow drivers hampers states as storms arrive

More U.S. drivers could find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their travel delayed this winter due to a shortage of snowplow drivers — a reality that could hit home Friday as winter storms start dumping snow from the Intermountain West to the Upper Great Lakes.

States from Washington to Pennsylvania, including Montana and Wyoming in the Rocky Mountains, are having trouble finding enough people willing to take the comparatively low-paying jobs that require a Commercial Driver’s License and often entail working at odd hours in dangerous conditions.

It doesn't matter if you believe inflation or deflation/disinflation is the next move. News items such as this one tell you the economy is in trouble because it has been massively distored by politicians (which includes government-appointed central bankers). Whether they print more to pay the drivers (inflation) or financial markets correct to bring prices in line with wages (deflation), there is pain ahead.