Labor

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Small- and medium-sized businesses make up 99 percent of all German enterprises and contribute 56 percent of the country's economic output, but college-educated young people are increasingly eschewing them in favor of big-city corporate jobs. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this July 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and others, speaks about healthcare, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. A study by a nonpartisan group says the Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by millions of consumers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Illustration on the coming crisis in U.S. health care by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Congressional staffers attended a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in 2013. Some staffers dismiss claims in the Congressional Management Foundation report. They say lazy cohorts don't make use of Congress' extraordinary resources and instead outsource research and decision-making to lobbyists. (Associated Press/File)

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Facebook, Twitter and Google's leading lawyers are scheduled to appear before the Senate and House intelligence committees and the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Capitol Hill insiders anticipate they firms will reveal more detail about the historic breach as a way to cool lawmakers' desire to heavily monitor their largely unregulated industry. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 carry signs as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)

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Illustration on limiting health care by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Nissan employee Betty Jones expresses her disappointment at pro-union supporters losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Employees of Imperial's Garden box cucumbers at the produce-maker's processing facility in Wapato, Wash. on Friday, July 21, 2017. (Jake Parrish/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

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A United Auto Worker supporter cries as union officials discuss losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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United Auto Workers members, some Nissan employees and supporters express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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United Auto Workers members, some Nissan employees and supporters express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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United Auto Workers members, some Nissan employees and supporters console one another as they express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Nissan employee Morris Mock, center, flanked by other Nissan employees expresses his disappointment at losing their bid to have union representation at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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United Auto Wokers members, some Nissan employees and supporters express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Nissan employee Betty Jones, left, consoles Morris Mock, right, while expressing her disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Nissan employee Morris Mock, is consoled as he and other pro-union Nissan employees express their disappointment at losing their bid to form a union at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)