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Originally Posted by Armistead
You really think 10% of people that now control over 90% of wealth, mostly corporate america did so fairly, based on fair trade law, competition, tax code and proper regulation? That all the billions of corporate PAC's,,are just interested in social causes.
Naw, your right, they don't seek to buy congressional seats
And look where it's got us, now that small percent can't substain our government or debt load.
Don't worry, next generation or so when your kids here in america are working for a few bucks with no benefits or protection in sweat shops, have no health care, maybe corporate america will come back to work in america.
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But that the way they want it. They bend over backwards trying to paint the UAW (for example) as some evil union that went to far, While forgetting that they were just doing their job. Fighting for the best possible wages for workers. In the good days of the auto industry (before the 1989 layoffs) Someone could get a high school diploma, go to GM and put in hard work, work his way up and retire at a decent age. Thats what i call the American Dream.
But where is that now? Corporations In america are slashing costs by taking it out on workers, while paying executives historic compensation. You see Toyota and Subaru making noise about "oh we love america too" but their employees have substantially less benefits. I think It's like that in just about every other industry in america, UAW plants are the outliers, the holdovers when companies actually paid for benefits.
The Squeeze for Americans to work for less is on. As it has been for some time, as corporate america gets richer. I wonder why that is?