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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by gruez on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:47AM (#33235214)
> It does suck. It's also the nature of business, speculative investment. Sometimes you invest capital in something and don't see returns.

By this logic, should the government also stop helping banks collect debts (eg. garnishing wages or seizing property)? After all, lending is also a "speculative investment" and "Sometimes you invest capital in something and don't see returns".

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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by nonameiguess on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:58AM (#33235410)
Failing to pay a debt is illegal. Quitting a job is a fundamental requirement of freely competitive labor markets that the social benefits of capitalism are predicated on.
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Re:More U.S. companies charging employees for job training i... by gruez on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:10PM (#33239542)
>Failing to pay a debt is illegal.

okay but how is that relevant to this discussion? if the state refuses to assist in debt collection, it effectively makes failing to pay debts legal, which seems to be what you want?

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