La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for September 03, 2023

What’s the big deal?

Corporations have every right to do whatever the hell they please.

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And, as Republican saint Milton Friedman said, corporations ONLY responsibility is to make as much money as possible. If getting rid of anyone or paying them starvation wages enhances the bottom line, that’s what they are required to do.

And that’s why Business Ethics is oxymoronic.

Throughout time it’s been art for art’s sake and the whole concept of the starving artist has centuries of history behind it. Not going to change overnight, unfortunately.

Some very Good Guys are chipping in to help with grocery and other bills.

What a mess. What a sad mess.

Henry Ford paid his assembly line workers $5 a day so they could afford to buy the Model Ts they were assembling.

It’s a “Brave New World”.