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xocetaceans

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4. Plus replacing living wages with widened access to credit cards gave them another route to make...

Reply to Warpy (Reply #3)

Fri May 5, 2023, 04:32 PM

May 2023

...further financial gains at expense of the public. So, being able to save was replaced by easy access to credit cards.

That paints all the conservative/libertarian/RW hand-wringing which is roughly summarized by the exclamation "If only they understood finances and how to budget...!" as exactly what it is, gaslighting.

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Tldr...... getagrip_already May 2023 #1

Republicans in the '90's started making the argument.... TheRealNorth May 2023 #2

That's because in the 70s and 80s they pursued wage suppression Warpy May 2023 #3

Plus replacing living wages with widened access to credit cards gave them another route to make... xocetaceans May 2023 #4