On 03/13/2019 11:55 AM, Dhaval Giani wrote: > Another problem is that people are not willing to pay the actual cost > of the goods. If you are to pay the actual cost of labour, the prices > are quite a bit higher. An example is a restaurant meal. That labour > cost is subsidized by tipping. Either we be ready to pay the actual > cost, or we will continue seeing these shenanigans. > > (Still does not excuse the insane profit margins, but the reality is > that as soon as these companies become more humane, the shareholders > will drop these companies and the value will drop and our pensions > will also drop)
That is a big part of the problem, putting money ahead of everything else. Another part of the problem is the nonsense that started with President Reagan, that cutting taxes for the wealthy & corporations means more for everyone. It just doesn't work that way. Never has, never will. --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
