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> Why cant we just give employees dignity and a fair wage? Apropos of nothing, I’ll just mention that the Fed is currently trying to decrease employment [1] an
by jakelazaroff 4y ago
> Why cant we just give employees dignity and a fair wage?
Apropos of nothing, I’ll just mention that the Fed is currently trying to decrease employment [1] and eliminate people’s savings [2].
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/08/27/fed-chair-jerome-powell-says-fighting-inflation-will-cause-job-losses-heres-what-you-need-to-do-now/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/08/27/fed-chair-...
[2] https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/1587873284997218304 https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/1587873284997218304
- UncleMeat 4y agoYou are being downvoted because this is largely unrelated to the topic at hand.
- jakelazaroff 4y agoIt’s not. The point is that there’s an incentive among those who control capital to prevent most people from being financially secure. It’s why (for example) the tipped minimum wage exists, and why wage theft is rarely (if ever) prosecuted or covered in the news even though the amount of money stolen is orders of magnitude larger than the amount shoplifted.