So Russian workers, who will have to save more roubles than before to buy flats (which are priced in dollars) and foreign-made goods, are not likely to see those costs compensated by new jobs, much less higher wages or, for that matter, by wages paid in cash instead of in kind.

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That they so frequently work at low wages in miserable conditions and that they are vulnerable to every kind of abuse is reason for deeper sympathy still.

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And I know for, in particular, the Council of Economic Advisers are very enthusiastic about the small business jobs and wages tax credit, and certainly things that are now moving through both the House and the Senate in that kind of area.

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