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Migrants aren't pushing down wages. It's your boss. (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

How can people efficiently move with it when the cost of college/higher education is what it is?

By making retraining/advancement programs cost-prohibitive, we are creating and perpetuating a permanent underclass. Particularly when we are also defunding and attacking public K-12 education

It does not seem prudent or accurate to blame the working class for the societal conditions in which they exist