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  During COVID, wages for the lowest paid people increased more than other classes. I think it was partially the rise of gig work giving alternatives to people who were otherwise stuck working at Walmart because that's the only job in town.

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  A full time employee isn't a servant? The economy is bifurcating into haves and have-nots. The haves paying for more services from the have-nots closes that gap. Maybe not by much, but at least in the right direction. Just because gig work makes inequality more visible, doesn't mean it's causing it.

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  How did you break into my house to take this photo?

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  I just checked Woot.com and you can get a refurbished Thinkpad with 16gb of RAM for $230. And there's a scratch and dent Dell netbook with 8gb of RAM for $60.

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  Lots of people agree with Greg Mankiw, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bush, that gas should be more expensive.

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  Says the party of "Restrict supply, subsidize demand"

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  Australia has one of if not the highest minimum wage. This economics YouTuber ranks it as one of the best economies, based on his own slightly subjective ranking that factors in both overall strength and egalitarianism. https://youtu.be/_ohj_pOjp6U