Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. - Henry Ford

Increasing wages drives the economy forwards, not backwards.
sadly that is no longer the case - modern industry instead works towards "Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the lowest wages possible."

basically they are only interested in maximising their profits and that's the best way