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Old Posted May 1, 2021, 8:49 PM
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Originally Posted by llamaorama View Post
I don't think this works because the circumstances of these workers vary. Some of them might be living in a house with 10 others and get up and go to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week. Those people will then be able to subsist in an austere way at that wage floor you describe but others don't want to live like that.
I don't know about Aspen, but Incline Village at Tahoe has tons of Romanian migrant workers (possibly seasonal?). Not sure what the extent of their documentation or housing is...
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