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Hydra

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1. If the private sector won't hire and pay
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:23 PM
May 2016

Then the public sector needs to do it instead. Either a series of work programs that pay well or a guaranteed minimum income so we can cut our growth rate(climate change adjustment).

Right now, we're basically paying large corporations to underpay and abuse their workers instead.

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