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marybourg

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7. It hurts our economy that construction laborers

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 11:38 AM

Sep 2017

might actually be able to demand a near-living wage? And that the business owner might have to settle for a little less profit if the market won't bear his passing on the entire increased cost?

Maybe to readers of Bloomberg, Forbes and The Economist.

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So who is going to be making all those beds, furniture [View all] malaise Sep 2017 OP

The same people who are making them now? mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #1

The same people? malaise Sep 2017 #2

I don't understand what you mean either MichMary Sep 2017 #3

Lol, there's one road in my city that must have dozens of mattress stores on it. cwydro Sep 2017 #8

I'm sure the factories in China and Mexico can ramp up production dalton99a Sep 2017 #4

Good question! ananda Sep 2017 #5

He's really hurting our economy: dalton99a Sep 2017 #6

It hurts our economy that construction laborers marybourg Sep 2017 #7

Precisely malaise Sep 2017 #9