They have the media covering for them! The New York Times posted an article over the weekend, LYING, saying that what is happening in Milwaukee was the result of DECADES of decay, corruption, greed, and injustice.
I think people refuse to see the obvious! There once were great businesses and factories in these old cities (Milwaukee, Baltimore, etc...), but BOTH the customers and the employees stopped providing PROFIT to the owners, so like smart people do, the owners MOVED their business to where it is appreciated - PERIOD!
Once business owners start seeing the potential for profits again (better customers and better employees), they will invest in these areas again. But until then, you get what is the result of cultural FAILURE.
Unfortunately, CEO’s of major corporations will not see profits in the US unless they can pay their workers here $1 an hour, or reduce their top executive salaries to no more than $1million, instead of the average $22million they are getting, not to mention other high level management wages. I remember when my GE stock plummeted from $50 to $5 a share from 2007 to 2008. I check out the pay of the top 7 GE executive over that period. They were earning from $11million to $22million. ANy pay cuts?? No, no, no!!