• .Donuts
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    311 month ago

    Business owners argued mandating pay hikes would increase food prices and worsen inflation, seizing on those concerns during a year when American consumers have remained pessimistic about the economy, despite inflation falling steadily from a pandemic-era peak.

    Oh fuck off, we already know it’s price gouging that’s causing the inflation, not wages

  • @[email protected]
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    231 month ago

    Yet another bad choice by California voters. We voted for slave labor in jails and now we do not wish to provide our poorest with additional money. California needs to do some soul searching.

    • @seaQueue
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      91 month ago

      California needs to do some soul searching.

      Good luck with that, we also voted not to ban prison slave labor

    • @proudblond
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      51 month ago

      Honestly I knew the rest of the country was gonna disappoint me but the way the props went was a hit to my thoughts about my fellow Californians.