Would we be less virtuous?

我们是不是缺乏美德了？

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It sounds less virtuous if you see it as an attempt to make sure this argument runs into election year, and indeed the campaign is prosecuted with a rerun of this row in the background.

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Even those with less than virtuous motives.

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It means less folks are being hired, and we can be back in a downward spiral instead of the kind of virtuous cycle that we want to see.

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