Am I the only one who has noticed that, the more we offshore, the less affordable everything has become?
I’ve always been a pro-marketplace capitalist. Wealth creation benefits society. Socialism steals wealth and redistributes it, which harms society.
That being said, I think that since about 1970, American corporations have focused totally on their shareholders and on giving quarterly bonuses to their executives. Screw the workers. Can corporate profits go up if we off-shore manufacturing to China? Screw the workers! Can corporate profits go up if we cancel pensions, cut hours, and trim benefits? Screw the workers! Is it best to seek government favors rather than pursue good business practices? Screw the workers!
Our society is driven too much by money. Big Business and Big Government have built something that works well for them, but not for us.