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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, March 31, 2025

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Cheap Labor Is Nobody’s Right

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BY FROMA HARROP The Declaration of Independence says nothing about a right to cheap labor, but not everyone has noticed. Companies routinely pay market rates for electricity, real estate and legal services. But many find great injustice in market economics, as applied to wages they must pay to attract unskilled labor. When companies can’t find people to work for the meager amounts they are offering, a “labor shortage” is declared. And politicians seeking their favor […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.