Every time I read a comment like this I know I'm at Hacker News. Did you read the article? These companies all held illegal discrimination pacts designed specif

Every time I read a comment like this I know I'm at Hacker News. Did you read the article? These companies all held illegal discrimination pacts designed specifically to prevent them from needing to shell out a little bit more cash to keep their best employees from leaving for other employers that offered a better deal. The wages were, by definition, held artificially low.