02-12-2016, 06:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-12-2016, 06:10 AM by RolloTheGreat.)
(02-12-2016, 05:20 AM)gstanford Wrote: Yes, the businesses will require their stockpiled billions when there are no consumers left able to purchase what the businesses create.
People need to work in order to have money to spend. If they have no money to spend companies go bankrupt because nobody is purchasing their goods.
It isn't quite as simple as you would like to make it out to be Rollo. Business does not exist in a vacuum outside of the rest of society. It cannot be all about greed or else the greed will end up destroying business.
You think businesses are thinking about "Gosh, if we pay people more, they'll have more money to spend at other companies and that will help society!"
More like, "Our analysis of the labor market for the drones in department X shows a salary range of $Y to $Z. How close can we stay to $Y to minimize turnover, and how can we get the people making $Z due to longevity to retire or move along without breaking any laws?"
If they could get away with it, it would be more like, "How can we pay them 1/2 $Y and trick them into thinking they're really making $Z?".