Payroll providers, Power, Respect

Payroll processors exist to provide financial infrastructure and because political economy is complicated.

Payroll providers, Power, Respect Patrick McKenzie (patio11) • Dec 20th, 2023 The title references a famous rap song : "Money, power, and respect / First you get the money / Then you get the #$ (#% in', power / After you get the #$#(%in' power / Mutha*#(%#%s will respect you." We recently covered the long shadow that checks cast on modern financial practice. The most important genre of check historically was the paycheck, settling an employer’s liability to their employee for services rendered. Most paychecks (and direct deposits, and earned wage access vehicles, and similar) are not sent

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