If your business model is built on virtual slave labor - your biz deserves to fail

[BrotherIvan]

44. Yes, workers should be treated and paid well, but I disagree employers should provide healthcare

Employment-tied health insurance is the worst idea on the planet. It keeps people in jobs they hate, allows employers to offer far less in terms of real compensation, and makes American businesses ship jobs overseas to hire workers with a lower standard of living and no demand for health benefits. I have never understood why business would not make a huge push for Medicare for all to save on those costs, and must be because they can make you a virtual slave by "contributing" to your outrageous health care costs (with backend discounts for larger companies) and then you are beholden to them until you find another crappy job with benefits.

The fault also lies with consumers. People have become so addicted to cheap goods, their barometer for what things cost is completely broken. They are not willing to pay the price for an item that includes good wages and health care for workers. People can tout how awesome Costco is because they pay better than minimum wage and then in the same breath talk about how great the prices are too. Well, the membership fee helps to supply some of the money for workers, but the rest comes from FOREIGN-made slave labor goods that have such huge markups they can sell them a little cheaper and still make a fortune.

Look in the mirror people, it's up to ALL of us.