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Joe Sims

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The End of Neo-Liberalism and Bush’s Last Scam: How Racism Sparked the Financial Crisis

By Joe Sims Guest Commentator

“If the lines [productivity and wages] had continued to track closely together as they did prior to the 1970s, the minimum wage would be more than $19 an hour. The minimum wage!!! (emphasis in the original). So, in short: people had no money coming in in their paychecks so they were forced to pay for…

“If the lines [productivity and wages] had continued to track closely together as they did prior to the 1970s, the minimum wage would be more than…

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