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Thanks for a thoughtful response.

> My argument is actually that the economy is built on the backs of underpaid workers, and now that these workers are demanding their fair value we will either see inflation or the failure of many businesses.

I don't see how it's inflationary from some money to be shifted from the owners to the employees. Also, I don't see how that causes a business to fail, unless it was operating very close the margin. Corporations are doing very well; Bezos has over one hundred billion; paying employees more won't bankrupt these businesses or have any effect on people like Bezos.



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