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True Dough

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4. Agreed, Farmer Rick!
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:00 AM
6 hrs ago

And the slashing of pensions and even matching benefits, in some cases. For young workers today, many are expected to work part-time so employers can avoid provide benefits.

As has been pointed out many times, it used to be that a "milk man" could support his entire family and own a home based on his job alone back in the 1950s. I'm not suggesting that was the "ideal" or we need to go back to those days, but we've lost so much ground as employees that it's disgusting.

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And bailouts. mobeau69 6 hrs ago #1
And what about cheap labor Farmer-Rick 6 hrs ago #2
Agreed, Farmer Rick! True Dough 6 hrs ago #4
They created this system because they manage cachukis 6 hrs ago #3
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