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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by Turing_Machine on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:52PM (#11425550)
They may be "headquartered" in NYC, but they're domiciled in Delaware, Nevada, etc. and their production facilities are located in China or Indonesia.
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Re:A Basic Income Is Smarter Than a Minimum Wage by msellout on Monday April 04, 2016 @06:23PM (#11426243)
They still employ a large number of New Yorkers.

And it's not just New York. Take any major city. Better employee productivity balances the higher costs. Not always, so some companies relocate. But many stay.

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