A better solution would be to require companies to prioritize employee compensation above shareholder profits. There has been a trend since the '80s for executi

A better solution would be to require companies to prioritize employee compensation above shareholder profits. There has been a trend since the '80s for executives and investors to team up and line one another's pockets at the expense of the rank-and-file workers, and it's the biggest and most direct contributing factor to the decline of the middle class.