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submitted 11 months ago by Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Oglaf my beloved

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[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But it will!!!!

Joke aside, money would trickle down when workers ensure that key markets like housing and healthcare are competitive and not take whatever wage increase there is.

[-] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Can you elaborate more on the second bit? I'm having trouble piecing it together grammatically to understand the sentence.

[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Housing is a sellers market where buyers compete. There needs to be a surplus of housing so that buyers can choose. Then prices fall to construction costs plus cost of management.

[-] maengooen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Money would trickle down if workers ensured that key markets like housing and healthcare were competitive, and not systems that take whatever wage increase they can get.

is my read of it