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Re:Alabama immigration: crops rot as workers vanish to avoid... by DaiPlusPlus on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @06:41PM (#13648391)
Not necessarily - there can be inflation without worker's pay increases, and inflation leads to more costly credit - so someone in that situation is twice as worse-off as before.
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Re:Alabama immigration: crops rot as workers vanish to avoid... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @06:42PM (#13648407)
Try telling that to the working public who basically hasn't gotten a raise in 30 years in spite of sky-rocketing productivity.
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