And after living in the USA myself, I can see the other side of the coin too, and I understand why some people will fight extraordinarily hard to keep the statu

And after living in the USA myself, I can see the other side of the coin too, and I understand why some people will fight extraordinarily hard to keep the status quo. Keeping the workers "engaged" certainly helps the economy, and it helps the asset owners get obscenely rich beyond belief. After all, if Walmart had to pay all their employees in the USA a minimum of $20/hr the Walton family would probably only be worth a few tens of billions, instead of $235 billion. In countries like Australia and Canada good living conditions for all is more important than obscene riches for a few. The USA just flips that around.