• ZapBeebz_
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    New law: companies are ineligible for government grants/tax breaks if >5% of employees are on welfare. Take away their biggest cash cow until they pay their employees a living wage.

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      How about no one that has a job should be paid so little they need food assistance?

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        … that’s what losing the incentives would force Amazon to do.

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      You lost me at the 5% threshold for the impoverishment we should tolerate from the rich 🤔

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        Just trying to keep it somewhat achievable. An ideal world would absolutely be 0%