In a properly functioning free market, the company should be doing badly! They might like to earn a nice fat profit, but that isn't what the rest of us like. Co

In a properly functioning free market, the company should be doing badly! They might like to earn a nice fat profit, but that isn't what the rest of us like. Competition should get rid of that. Having business difficulties is the expected norm. So point #1 should normally be true, and any change that makes business more difficult should normally cause business failures and resulting job loss.