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Identify the Main Issue in the Following Passage

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Identify the main issue in the following passage. If two or more issues are present, indicate how they are related-that is, does the settlement of one depend upon the settlement of the other?
Dear Desperate: I urge you to get counseling at once. Unless you resolve the conflicts in your feelings and get rid of the hostility toward your husband's first wife, your marriage is doomed.
-from a newspaper advice column


Definitions:

Rent-Seeking

Actions by individuals and groups designed to restructure public policy in a manner that will either directly or indirectly redistribute more income to themselves or the projects they promote.

Monopoly Power

The ability of a single seller or company to control the market price and supply of a product or service.

High-priced Rental

Property rental arrangements that are significantly more expensive than the average market rate.

Rent-seeking

Endeavors aimed at earning income by manipulating the economic environment rather than through trade and production of added value.

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