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> Perfect example of how companies only want free markets when it benefits them. There are many cases where corporations show hypocritical behavior, but this c
by drivebycomment 8y ago
> Perfect example of how companies only want free markets when it benefits them.
There are many cases where corporations show hypocritical behavior, but this criticism seems off the mark as the companies actually do want free market in this case (i.e. free labor market where they can get a labor from anywhere), and in this case, they are not getting it (there's a lot of legal barrier making it difficult to import labor - thus it is a protected market). They want less protection in this case to favor them. It sounds like you want more protection, which is a reasonable position, but that's not a free or free-er market.
- jlarocco 8y agoNo, the free market solution would be to raise wages to attract more people into the industry. There's nothing stopping them from doing that, but instead they're lobbying the government to let them import workers.
- conanbatt 8y agoYour definition of free market requires legal restrictions on labor.