Why are US corporate profits so high? Because wages are so low

Re:Why are US corporate profits so high? Because wages are s... by mhurron on Monday January 27, 2014 @11:39AM (#7131257)

> whether you wrote what you did with tongue in cheek and deliberate cynicism

No it was unfortunately serious.

> people are often hurt

If you still believe that any business still cares about this you haven't been paying attention. If you are not at the top, you are just a cog in a machine and will be treated as such. You are just a human resource, a resource that is one of the largest, if not the largest, singly money drain.

As I said, left to their own devices a business does not have any moral duty and the only fiscal duty they pursue is maximizing profits for themselves.

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Re:Why are US corporate profits so high? Because wages are s... by gjm11 on Monday January 27, 2014 @12:19PM (#7131590)

I wasn't claiming that any business does care about this (though in fact I bet some do, at least a bit). Only suggesting that they should.

Your question (which, I now take it, was intended to express businesses' attitudes rather than your own) was "why should the business care?". I agree that they commonly don't, and that there are structural reasons why they commonly don't. But I think most would say that they should.

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