For-profit corporations are not philanthropic organizations. They exist for one reason only: to make money. If they can make more money with fewer people, they will do so. If they can automate part of their production and lower costs by firing people, they will do so. If they can cut costs by employing more foreign workers and fewer Americans, they will do so. If they can cut costs by providing fewer benefits or less adequate health insurance, they will do so. If they can increase profits by paying lower wages, they will do so. If they can increase profits by cutting costs for workplace safety and/or environmental protection, they will do so.
The only thing that can EVER keep them from doing any of these things is regulation--i.e., The Law. Why else would a for-profit corporate "person" ever act contrary to its own self-interest--indeed, contrary to its very raison d'être?
This seems so completely bleeding obvious to me that I can't understand how so many Americans can not see it.
Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot...over?
