• Signtist@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    To be fair, if we did raise minimum wage, they’d use it as an excuse to raise prices again. We still need to get higher minimum wage of course, but we also need get much tighter restrictions on corporations, or any financial ground we gain will be lost shortly thereafter under a million excuses to bleed the extra money out of us.

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      2 months ago

      if we get hurt whether we help people or not, shouldn’t we just always help people? we’re gonna get slapped anyway.

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        2 months ago

        As I said, yes, but also, let’s work together to stop the slapping…