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[–] Ghyste 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Companies pay damn good money to ensure their payroll stays as low as possible. It's cheaper to ~~buy~~ donate to politicians than raise base pay.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which is why the government should take responsibilty and deny the ~~bribery~~ lobbying and enforce better wage and labour laws

[–] Ghyste 7 points 4 months ago

Absolutely. It's unfortunate that the ones we need to make those changes are the ones who benefit from the current system. The cycle has to be broken, and that's an enormous task.