They have controlled the public and political agenda. Akin to the master propagandists of 60 years ago, they have by repetition caused everyone to think that shortages are the issue.
Nothing can be further from reality.
It never does. Only then would it be credible to discuss shortages. At the peak of unemployment of engineers in the second quarter of 1993, there were 81,000 unemployed engineers. In the second quarter of 1994, EE unemployment reached a peak of 34,000 with only 540,000 employed. No, there are no displaced decimal points.