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Its always baffled my how many government positions have perioidic pay increases, sometimes annually, a good pension usually as well, but they will never pass legislation to make other employers do the same.

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one universal health care idea was to allow all citizens to buy into the same healthcare plan as congress at the same rate they pay.

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Companies pay damn good money to ensure their payroll stays as low as possible. It’s cheaper to buy donate to politicians than raise base pay.

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Which is why the government should take responsibilty and deny the bribery lobbying and enforce better wage and labour laws

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Absolutely. It’s unfortunate that the ones we need to make those changes are the ones who benefit from the current system. The cycle has to be broken, and that’s an enormous task.

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For government positions it’s about retention as they are competing with the private sector for employees.

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