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In reply to the discussion: No One Wants to Work [For You] Anymore: The End of Oligopsony [View all]KT2000
(20,567 posts)4. Same here!
The complainers who object to people opting for making more money on unemployment do not get it. I consider myself an honest person - to a fault - but if I had a family, I would opt for the higher unemployment too. Low wage workers have been exploited beyond belief. It has to stop.
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That's one theory. In reality, there is some chicken and egg to it. We've had higher total
KPN
May 2021
#19
The wealthy will fight tooth & nail to keep wages low, because it benefits their pocketbook.
KS Toronado
May 2021
#3
Thing is though in the long run it does not as they accumulate more it takes
cstanleytech
May 2021
#39
The mega rich are sitting on a powder keg by forcing people to live in poverty though as eventually
cstanleytech
May 2021
#40
You echo what I think. The short-term/bottom line capitalists aren't thinking about the future
erronis
May 2021
#10
I don't know you or your business, but I've turned more laps than I like to admit now...
Moostache
May 2021
#64
That's an interesting idea. Too bad it takes such a drastic event to cause change.
erronis
May 2021
#55