12-08-2021, 07:30 PM
You make some solid points but, in my opinion, the biggest intentional move to hold down the US worker was the government (both parties) teaming up with corporations to outsource manufacturing jobs that blue collar workers could actually raise a family on to slave labor countries like China. Making the US a service industry nation completely decimated the earning potential of the non-skilled blue collar worker.
As to the opiate crisis, that's oddly far less of an issue here than it is in the Midwest and eastward. We certainly deal with it, but nothing like on the same scale.
As to the opiate crisis, that's oddly far less of an issue here than it is in the Midwest and eastward. We certainly deal with it, but nothing like on the same scale.
