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It used to be common. It was called "company scrip". You got paid in Wonka Wooden Dollars, nominally the same as regular dollars, and then could only spend them
by JulianMorrison 7y ago
It used to be common. It was called "company scrip". You got paid in Wonka Wooden Dollars, nominally the same as regular dollars, and then could only spend them at a Wonka grocery store. No matter what you did, the company clawed back a bit more and a bit more, because they had a controlling hand in the entire ecosystem.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoWhich is why there are "Truck" acts on the books in the UK and USA. Though I suspect the current US president would like to revoke those and I am not sure that Boris wouldn't