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dickthegrouch

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24. To do what? At what tiny wages?

Reply to RandySF (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:16 PM

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None of those poor babies are going to get decent jobs, Abundant Iniquity is going to take most of them.
Anything left as pickings, even for new grads, is going to pay peanuts.
Barely enough even to tax, far less live on, independently.

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