See….. the start of compromise – something that seems non-existent in DC today.
In the end I’m not a big business corporate titan and believe Henry Ford’s theory that the worker being able to eventually afford the product would be / is good for business.
Maybe the analogy is poor but I’m not too sure that someone who installs a tire on an assembly line (i know they’re a dieing breed here in the U.S.) should be able to house, feed, educate, et al. a family of four on those skills. Should they be able to eventually afford the car they are helping make – probably so.
“The world needs ditchdiggers too” is a well-known phrase! The problem we are encountering is that the ditchdiggers in a lot of fields have been automated out or their price undercut by competition.
Back to the grocery clerks, stockers, butchers, etc. The industry has shifted – forever. There is no going back.
