Bosox, one more comment. I reread your post and I can see that you don’t get it when it comes to businesses. The reason most businesses treat their employees decently is because this is the best way to retain the top talent, which does guess what? Makes the most money for their shareholders.

Business that don’t treat their employees decently usually go out of business or do poorly. The profit motive is actually the best motive for marking sure businesses treat employees decently. A satisfied employee works harder and does more to help his company, which in turn drives more profit to the shareholders.

One of the best examples is Chick-fil-A. Look at its stock over the past 10 years. It’s doing better than all their fast food competitors. While they have good food, one of the primary reasons is how well they treat their employees. This translates into more money to their shareholders.

Contrary to what most liberals think, the profit motive of a business is the best motive for companies to treat its employees and customer “decently”. There you learned something, and you didn’t even need to move to the south. And this lesson was free.