"All they care about is paying substandard wages, and no benefits"
These are often the same ones who talk about how greedy their customers are (pot, kettle, black?). Some of the ones in the service industries refer to homeowners as "home moaners" and talk about how their customers never want to pay for anything.
It really is a two-way street, and I see no difference between an employer who tries to get the cheapest labor possible and a customer who tries to get the cheapest product or service possible.
Both groups seem to think that there really is a free lunch out there.
"They don't care if they destroy the American middle class in one generation."
Not realizing, or not caring, that the middle class is likely the largest customer of their products/services.
Henry Ford understood that he had to pay top wages, to build a thriving middle class capable of buying millions of Model T's.
That understanding has been lost today, in the quest to maximize next quarter's corporate profits.
Yes and you seem to think that if you earn more and everything costs more, that you are better off. I think some people on your side of the argument also believe in the free lunch.