THE QUESTION
Why does a steady life take more than it used to?
Does one significantly influence the other? Three quarters of the votes cast decide.
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| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | open | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | open | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✓ yes | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✓ yes | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✓ yes | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✓ yes | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✓ yes | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✓ yes | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✓ yes | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✓ yes | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✓ yes | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✓ yes | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✓ inferred | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✓ inferred | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✓ inferred | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✗ no | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | A single wage no longer supports a household | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired | ✗ no | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | → | Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us | ✗ no | discuss |
| A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | → | Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✗ no | discuss |
| Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut | → | Every new rule consolidates the market a little more | ✗ no | discuss |
| Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on | → | Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages | ✗ no | discuss |
| A single wage no longer supports a household | → | A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability | ✗ no | discuss |
| Energy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not | → | Assets rose faster than wages for four decades | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | We would pay more if the work carried the price | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| We would pay more if the work carried the price | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | ✗ no | discuss |
| Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses | ✗ no | discuss |
| So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | → | Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |
| The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | → | Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll | ✗ no | discuss |
| What used to be a job is now a series of contracts | → | … | ✗ no | discuss |
| … | → | So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills | ✗ no | discuss |
| Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours | → | The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | ✗ no | discuss |
| The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever | → | The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place | ✗ no | discuss |