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Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier by cixter on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:29AM (#21720850)
How would a minimum wage slow Ms. Brown down and make her poorer? To be serious, I would really like an anecdotal example on how medicare for all, minimum wage and a better social support system would be negative.
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Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier by thechao on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:55AM (#21721018)
devcpp is probably conflating circumstantial luck with personal skill, assuming they are implying they bootstrapped themselves. The evidence for luck is ubiquitous: most people stay poor, regardless of ability.
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