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Igel

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8. No, they'd just move into government jobs.

Reply to orleans (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:15 AM

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More job security and many would get pay raises.

Now, pensions and investments would take a serious hit, but those are all just Boomers and other wealth hoarders, I guess. (Signed, Boomer.)

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