>I want to know why implementing this isn't a national debate in US, it seems like such an obviously good idea. Because it would involve respecting blue-collar

>I want to know why implementing this isn't a national debate in US, it seems like such an obviously good idea. Because it would involve respecting blue-collar workers, and beating up on Labor(TM) (really: wage suppression for the working class) takes priority in America over doing what's economically and socially rational.