It seems that business approved of those changes that would increase consumer purchasing power. The big fear post WW2 was that there might be a return to the Depression. There was the Full Employment Act along with the GI Bill, etc. which consciously or unconsciously bolstered the middle class. Business didn't react except when unions struck for higher wages.
arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Harrell Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:48 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fwd: Blogpost: Ten Information and Communications Technology Issues That Should Be Discussed During the Canadian General Election (But Probably Won`t) Question: Did business really approve of the rise of the Middle Class after world war II. In the U.S. they lobbied for and got term limits that makes American Presidents perpetual amateurs at politics. No more FDRs. Is that because they really didn't like what happened with the Income Tax and the Middle Class and the close relationship between the upper and lower classes after the war? Removing the draft also removed the upper classes from training and even knowing the lower classes. I saw that in the 1960s. REH
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