Quantum Windbag
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Companies hire employees because the employees make them money. Start from there and figure business out!
That explains why all those hotels in LA hired new workers after the minimum wage went up.
Why is business such a big mystery to conservatives? Consider this simple fact to start with! Capitalism has been around for a very long time and fortunes have been massed. Some people have so much money it's a full time job for many people trying to find good investments or business opportunities. People who have accumulated fortunes in wealth aren't living hand to mouth, so the income of a year isn't critical for their existence, but they are conscious that their goal is to accumulate more wealth and not have their wealth lose it's value. When demand creates a good business opportunity, it isn't a problem finding capital to invest in it, when the opportunity of gaining money in volume presents itself. Obviously these are human endeavors and one human being only has a certain capacity. The way to make large amounts of money is to have human beings working for you, so you can gain money off of their work. A person's or company's capital only qualifies them to take advantage of a presented business opportunity and it isn't their capital that is determining the success of a business. It's the hard work of the workers that determines it.
Let's say you have two companies competing for the same business opportunity and they both pay the same starting wages. Let's say Company A stresses values like a team effort and reminds their workers how appreciated they are, while Company B constantly reminds their workers how lucky they are to have the job they have created for them and treats their workers like shit. Let's say Company A allows advancement or pay increases to be fairly distributed, while Company B suppresses wages on the masses, while rewarding an elite few. In the long run, Company A is going to be successful and Company B is going to have a lot of problems. Employees in Company B who have mastered skills and who aren't properly rewarded are going to get tired of being treated like shit, working for a fucked up company and take those skills elsewhere at the first opportunity. A few may grind it out hoping someday to be rewarded and become an elite, but most are going to say fuck it and jump ship at the sight of the nearest port.
It isn't hard to figure out which company was a Democrat and which was a Republican. Both started with the same capital requirements to qualify for a business opportunity, but it wasn't necessary for Company B to remind the "have nots" every minute of their lives, that's what they are, just to make their lives miserable.
I love it, an idiot that thinks demand creates business.
I can guarantee you that, if someone built a flying car, the entire world would beat a path to his door. The demand for flying cars has never been higher, yet there are no flying cars. Could that be because, despite the demand, there is no supply?
I think life is a little more complicated than you think it is.