Shell to Demolish Refinery to Drive Up Prices

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Hyperbole? You really believe that, given the chance, corporate decision makers wouldn't turn back the clock if they thought it would increase profits? Do you really believe they care about the people whose labor creates for them all of that surplus value? How many American "temps" are there now? How many mid-size to large companies hire "independant contractors?" American corporations bend rules whenever possible, no matter how well they're doing. If some of these people had it their way, you would spend your lunch hour waiting in line at the company store to buy a sack of flour. That's not hyperbole. I mean it literally. It happened before and, as far as I know, none of these people experienced any spiritual epiphanies. The difference between now and then is government regulation.