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Old 08-09-2021, 01:55 PM   #6206
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But then we come right back to that point of unintended consequences.

If no one's willing to do a job for $15/hour, and it takes $20, or $25/hour to get workers, what does that do to prices?

And what does it do to the perception of other jobs that were previously $25/hour? Does the same relative premium need to be paid? And on, and on...
Crazy idea, but.... maybe in our race to the bottom, we're at the point where prices are too low to sustain a healthy economy.
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