Lower costs are a noble objective. Lower costs through any means, however, are an abomination. Agreed. People have the causation backwards. Lower prices stem

Lower costs are a noble objective. Lower costs through any means, however, are an abomination. Agreed. People have the causation backwards. Lower prices stem from lower costs which come from use of less resources (natural or productive) which means that there is more produced stuff out there. Increasing costs is the best way to increase prices and induce smaller supplies of produced goods.