Episode · The Daily · Over the past year, frustration over the cost of housing in the United States has become a centerpiece of the presidential race, a focus of government policy and an agonizing nationwide problem.Conor Dougherty, who covers housing for The Times, explains why the origin of the ho...
Answer: the US government no longer raises the minimum wage (which has not increased in 15 years) and workers' rights have been eroded down to almost nothing
this a bipartisan effort by the Democrats and Republicans in an attempt to keep the workers and labor costs down even going as far as to underfund education