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Originally Posted by PornMD
I think the problem is that at some point, the American Dream went from "earn a lot of money" to "earn as much money as possible", and that's how many companies, especially investor backed ones, operate. Why pay someone $10 an hour when you can outsource for $3 an hour with only a minimal drop in production and work quality? Why price a product at $2 when you can price it at $3 and most people would still buy it?
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yeah. the religion of shareholder value, globalism & free trade has been a boon for the waltons & the buffets. It has been a disaster for the middle class. & repubs think it would be better without the minimum wage. the lessons of standard oil is totally lost.