> Businesses don't suppress wages to strongarm the government,
They do threaten to relocate operations overseas. And when they do, the wages paid may indeed be "higher" than average in the new regions.
Re:Capital Inefficiency
by bugglebeetle on Sunday October 08, 2023 @07:30PM
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Maybe, but there was also bipartisan legislation to crush the rail strike, simultaneous dismantling of pandemic protections on the state and national levels, the removal of the child tax credit, and so on and so forth.
Return to office might be more organizational pathology than rational self-interest, but it's still not an attempt to influence policy.