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This fantasy of the line workers getting rich at cushy jobs does not seem to be related to reality?
by chockablock 3y ago
This fantasy of the line workers getting rich at cushy jobs does not seem to be related to reality?
- ricardobeat 3y agoParent commenter has been drinking gallons of right-wing koolaid. Next thing they’ll probably say is they are going to be forced by the government to share their apartment with an illegal immigrant.
- spamizbad 3y agoI don't know the specifics in the UK, but in the US this was a common belief among a certain political class in the 1960s and 70s. You had skilled blue collar laborers making the equivalent of $30/hr and politicians and some economists felt that was too high. Paul Volcker very famously carried around a card with US autoworker wages printed on it.