American car companies didn't see the need to innovate since the economy was doing well and people bought American cars out of excessive patriotism, not due to pensions. Once it started to go south, people didn't want to be spending money on crappy cars when better ones were across the ocean.
Before Americans started to form unions, they were working in terrible conditions with poor wages. Government intervention did do something to change that, contrary to Ozma's article. I think you may be reading something written by a private businessman who wants to motivate people to defy minimum wage so he/she can make more money. Americans couldn't even afford to live steadily before wages were increased, yet corporate executives were making a lot of money.
Keep thinking what you want, but remember that you're
complaining in comfort, a spoiled action made possible by the govt. You don't actually have it that bad. If you want to see what lack of consideration does to workers and people, go to China.
Quote from: kkut on February 05, 2013, 07:40:17 PM
Don't poo poo the profit motive, life would be miserable without it. History is full of cases of the misery when profit motive and free enterprise is removed from the people.
No, it happened when there was too much corrupt govt. interference, such as in the Soviet Union and China. Private practice has its place, but neither side works perfectly. You must meet in the middle. I already explained America's history before the govt intervened. If you were to have all of govt's benefits seized from you tommorow, you would beg for them back. Believe what you want, but note that the govt does you good, and saying otherwise is very ungrateful.
