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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by candiodari on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:12AM (#17966180)
Exactly. This cannot work without forcing a whole range of products a LOT more expensive than they are.

That's a feature, not a bug.

But yes, the rest of society will become a LOT "poorer" (but still comfortable) for no more than a decent increase in the living standard of the working poor.

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by oblio on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:23AM (#17966489)
Isn't that just going to plummet the demand for strawberries, thus completely wiping out those jobs?
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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by candiodari on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:16AM (#17967717)
If this is being done across the board, that won't be a problem.
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