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Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? (www.npr.org)
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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 18 points 3 months ago

I feel like this is one of the major issues we face when it comes to pay. The people setting the prices are stuck living in 2000 thinking they're offering a good wage, then "The Market" does it's thing and every asshat looks at every other asshats offerings and sets their wages similarly...