Small businesses are almost exclusively businesses that need a working class with disposable income. It doesn’t help a steel mill or car company or RAM manufactures that much if the workers have $50 extra spending money, they work a massive market where the consumer demand is global and decoupled from their workers.
However, the restaranteur, arborist, florist, hairstylist, masseuse, carpenter and countless other small local businesses live of the worker’s disposable income. When they vote to squeeze their few workers they vote to squeeze thousands of customers.
Corporations of course do not care about the local economy, hell for them it is just a nice bonus if it is a bit shit so they can exploit workers more with the looming threat of unemployment.
Squeezing the workers is pro-corporate policy and an attack on petit bourgeoisie.
Small businesses are almost exclusively businesses that need a working class with disposable income. It doesn’t help a steel mill or car company or RAM manufactures that much if the workers have $50 extra spending money, they work a massive market where the consumer demand is global and decoupled from their workers.
However, the restaranteur, arborist, florist, hairstylist, masseuse, carpenter and countless other small local businesses live of the worker’s disposable income. When they vote to squeeze their few workers they vote to squeeze thousands of customers.
Corporations of course do not care about the local economy, hell for them it is just a nice bonus if it is a bit shit so they can exploit workers more with the looming threat of unemployment.
Squeezing the workers is pro-corporate policy and an attack on petit bourgeoisie.