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> Amazon makes $21,000/employee per year and that's just the direct employees, not including all the subcontracted stuff like this. Walmart makes $6,000/employee per year.

Workers who are paid and treated better will be healthier both physically and mentally, and will be happier to come to work. That will improve their productivity. It's not zero-sum.

They will also have more money to spend at places such as their employer, although that results in a Tragedy of the Commons scenario. Each individual business gets back only a fraction of that increased buying power.

(Yes, yes, inflation, etc., etc.)




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