[r9etb]

And yet there are numerous examples of workers willingly foregoing wage increases and even accepting wage cuts when their employer is in trouble. Its when the sacrifices are one sided that resentment grows

Yup. Good point.

[Beagle8U]

I'm a very Conservative capitalist, but looking at things in only a political point of view, I see lots of mid/lower income workers that feel they are being kicked in the nuts by the pricing on some essential items that they have no control over.

A few months ago I predicted a pick-up of several seats in congress for Republicans, I'm not so sure today.