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phantom49<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBillionaires</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>⬆️ 🚨Trump axes $15 Contractor Wage, Infrastructure Project Orders.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Betrayal</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-axes-15-contractor-wage-infrastructure-project-orders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-la</span><span class="invisible">bor-report/trump-axes-15-contractor-wage-infrastructure-project-orders</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Workers in Japan have seen their base pay rise at the fastest clip in 32 years, a result that sends a positive signal to the Bank of Japan as it weighs the prospects for demand-driven economic growth. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/10/economy/base-pay-gains-fast/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/10/economy/base-pay-gains-fast/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japaneseeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japaneseeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mhlw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mhlw</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>The Great Prosperity: 1947-1979 after the new deal but before Reaganomics took hold</p><p>The Great Regression: From 1980 until the present, as neoliberalism successfully stole the value of improved productivity, paying themselves overvalued compensation but paying workers little.</p><p>The 80% difference between what you're worth based on productivity and what actual average wages are is the work you're giving away for free.</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivingWage</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PredatoryCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>More than 60% of Japanese companies — a record high percentage — plan to raise workers’ wages in the next fiscal year beginning April, according to a survey by Teikoku Databank. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/20/companies/survey-wage-hike-plan/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2025</span><span class="invisible">/02/20/companies/survey-wage-hike-plan/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teikokudatabank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teikokudatabank</span></a></p>
Katy Elphinstone<p>And, if the answer is, ‘yes, it has value’, then – logically – the task should be respected, seen, and supported within society. </p><p>I’d go so far as to say it should be recompensed, too – in fact, I’d propose that should be in direct proportion to how much value it has.</p><p>Only, how would we ever be able to assign anything approaching true value to things?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Value</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Work</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>Hey my fellow USians, as you’re writing your leopards-eating-faces posts about how red state residents now have to pick their own crops for low wages because they kicked out the undocumented immigrants…</p><p>…remember that IT IS ACTUALLY NOT OK for undocumented immigrants to be paid shit wages. Don’t fall into the bigoted and xenophobic idea that undocumented immigrants are beneficial *because* they make shit wages.</p><p>Crop pickers deserve living wages, because everyone deserves living wages.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undocumented</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For many companies, though, moving a major chunk of production to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is unrealistic, said Agathe Demarais, a snr policy fellow at the European Council for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignRelations</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Costs</span></a> are too high. American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> are not willing to accept the low <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> that initially drove companies to move to countries like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>.</p><p>Mazda &amp; Toyota have already struggled to ramp up production at their joint US factory because of a lack of workers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
The Democratic Difference<p>1. Trump has put a freeze on job-creating projects funded by the Biden Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.</p><p>2. Trump has put a freeze on health agency efforts to combat the bird-flu outbreak that is driving up egg prices, and his promised tariffs will raise prices across the board.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Under President Biden <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@potus/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>potus</span></a></span>, workers have the highest hourly wages on average among the last 11 presidents. </p><p>Despite inflation, workers have never been better off because wages have grown so very much. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/unionstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionstrong</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@detritus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>detritus</span></a></span> yes, and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GhostJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostJobs</span></a> are a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA1ReivY4f0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">real problem</a> to the point that I wish for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JobSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JobSearch</span></a> site that only has genuine <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> and bans companies &amp; recruiters publicly if they post a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GhostJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostJob</span></a> or violate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/conditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conditions</span></a>!</p>
libramoon<p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-11-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/december-11-2024</span></a></p><p>..."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> and his team worked to restore <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>—just today, the huge grocery chain Albertsons gave up on its merger with another huge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grocery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grocery</span></a> chain, Kroger, after Biden’s Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger because it would raise <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> and lower workers’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> by’”...</p>
The Japan Times<p>New condominiums now cost more than 10 times the average annual salary in Japan, according to data released by real estate market researcher Tokyo Kantei. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/12/economy/japan-condo-prices/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2024</span><span class="invisible">/12/12/economy/japan-condo-prices/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/realestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>realestate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a></p>
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> relies on many millions of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> being in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debt</span></a> and working for very low <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@colingajewski/americas-coolie-economy-feaf95b0303c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@colingajewski/amer</span><span class="invisible">icas-coolie-economy-feaf95b0303c</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The government will help raise wages for care workers to alleviate labor shortages in the sector, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takamaro Fukuoka said in a recent interview. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/24/japan/health-minister-care-worker-wages/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/</span><span class="invisible">24/japan/health-minister-care-worker-wages/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/takamarofukuoka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takamarofukuoka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pensions</span></a></p>
UBI4ME<p>Just came across this imagine in an old link. It's a great picture.... but I don't know the source.</p><p>Does anyone out there know? Please share where the data comes from.</p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/gap-must-go-SJLGzHR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">imgur.com/gallery/gap-must-go-</span><span class="invisible">SJLGzHR</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UBI4ME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UBI4ME</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UniversalBasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalBasicIncome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>I mean seriously, why am I reading about this only now? </p><p>Endless stuff about the Biden economy being great on average, apparently mostly for the wealthy, but no analysis on real disposable income distribution and causes of changes therein. </p><p>—&gt; Professional malfeasance by economics pundits. Do your job!</p><p><a href="https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/WP_221-Ferguson-and-Storm-Second-Coming-final-May-17.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ineteconomics.org/uploads/pape</span><span class="invisible">rs/WP_221-Ferguson-and-Storm-Second-Coming-final-May-17.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>Why low income Americans who said Trump helped them more than Biden were telling the truth:</p><p>Biden ended Pandemic-related support. </p><p>Seems like a very important point for so many economics pundits to have missed! </p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jwmason.bsky.social/post/3laeemo7bw32g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/jwmason.bsky.</span><span class="invisible">social/post/3laeemo7bw32g</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wages</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pandemic</span></a></p>
C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@hanspetermeyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hanspetermeyer</span></a></span> </p><p>More to the point, there is no such thing as "can't find workers" for employers.</p><p>What they actually mean is, "can't find workers at the wage I want to pay". As presumed enthusiasts of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a>, they should know that there is no job for which no one wants to work; there are only <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> for which you have not yet offered a market-clearing <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wage</span></a>.</p><p>TL;DR: pay more. You'll get tons of people who want the jobs.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SmallBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallBusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>market</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MarketClearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketClearing</span></a></p>
Captainrob<p>Years back i wondered what the pigs would do if all the people just stopped paying their debts. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> at the heart of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrengthInUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrengthInUnity</span></a> </p><p>Now I'm sure it would all just crumble away.</p>