It Is All about Cheap Labor

[Dirty Socialist]

A lot of stories I hear, and personal experience dictates cheap labor is now EVERYTHING. Period. End of story.

[arcane1]

1. That was the gist of a debate I had with my parents two weeks ago.

They argued that businesses should be allowed to pay as little as possible, and that citizens should clamor over one another to make sure other people get stuck in those jobs. They really did think that business was more important than citizens. It was an astonishing change in attitude.

[Dirty Socialist]

2. It Seems

Accountants run many companies, and all these accountants think about is shafting workers.

[leftstreet]

3. It's always been about cheap labor n/t

[Dirty Socialist]

4. I Disagree

It wasn't this bad before. Companies actually used to care about their workers. I have been following Procter & Gamble's practices, and their regard work their workers has gone way downhill.
Of course, unions used to have more power back in the day.

[leftstreet]

5. Organized labor was responsible for that. Not benevolent owners n/t

[Dirty Socialist]

6. I Think it Was Some of Both

I think owners were somewhat better back in the day. But perhaps it was because unions demanded respect.

[airplaneman]

8. I am a believer that companies used to have more of a sense of social responsibilty.

It was a lot better in the 70's. Companies actually believed in sharing the wealth and treating workers fairly. That all changed in the last 45 years. Today they don't give a shit and could care less about social responsibility. I remember reading about in FDR time the high tax rate was tolerated not because they wanted to share the wealth but there was a significant fear that if they did not share the wealth something worse would happen in particular communism would take over.
-Airplane

[Sherman A1]

9. Precisely

and always has been.

[Rex]

7. Yes, don't let people pretend capital can survive without labor.

The Third Way/Trickle Down types want us to continue their greatest grift ever and will lie until the well is dry.