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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Answer: the US government no longer raises the minimum wage (which has not increased in 15 years) and workers' rights have been eroded down to almost nothing

this a bipartisan effort by the Democrats and Republicans in an attempt to keep the workers and labor costs down even going as far as to underfund education