[RightOnline]

Americas investors and corporate Boards are squarely to blame for all of this.

Now days, there is nothing resembling "long-term thinking" or vision in most US companies. Everything is "quarter-driven" (e.g. "What have you done for me THIS quarter??"). There is constant pressure on costs to enhance companies' bottom lines, so corporate execs do whatever they feel they can do (or have to do) to cut costs.

Here's a big hint: What's the single largest cost to ANY employer??

[FlyingA]

Agreed

[Axenolith]

What's the single largest cost to ANY employer??

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Government regulation and taxes...