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[Pajamas Media] That is why the only unfair income gap that deserves to be looked at in today’s U.S. economy is the gap between the market-based, non-union wages and the artificially inflated union wages — a gap that was deliberately created by twisting the arms of businesses, paying off politicians, and lobbying for anti-business regulations.

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