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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Why am I not surprised? Every big industry is trying to undermine any change that would cost them money or power. It's fucking criminal yet no government will do anything because money and jobs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At this point you gotta put quotes around jobs because there's only money flowing via lobbying / legal bribery. The Fed wants higher unemployment and employers are happy to oblige.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Or maybe the jobs are the revolving door consultation jobs we made along the way :)

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