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In reply to the discussion: Chuck E. Cheese going belly up, and it's not about the virus... [View all]JHB
(37,565 posts)10. It doesn't, but dealing with it is complicated and the provisions are relatively obscure...
...so the only people who lobby hard about it are the people who like the current setup and are pushing for more.
I'm not an expert, but my sense of it is that these games are responsible for most of the job losses usually blamed on "trade deals! NAFTA! RARRRW!"
When this subject comes up it's always instructive to break out the 1991 Philadelphia Inquirer series by Bartlett and Steele:
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inq_HT_WhatWentWrong1991.html
DAY 1
How game was rigged against middle class
After three decades, American worker loses out to Mexico
Who - and how many - in America's middle class
DAY 2
The lucrative business of bankruptcy
DAY 3
Big business hits the jackpot with billions in tax breaks
DAY 4
Why the world is closing in on the U.S. economy
DAY 5
The high cost of deregulation: Joblessness, bankruptcy, debt
DAY 6
For millions in U.S., a harsh reality: It's not safe to get sick
How death came to a once-prosperous discount-store chain
DAY 7
Raiders work their wizardry on an all-American company
DAY 8
When you retire, will there be a pension waiting?
Workers saving for their retirement lose on junk bonds
DAY 9
How special-interest groups have their way with Congress
America's two-class tax system
How game was rigged against middle class
After three decades, American worker loses out to Mexico
Who - and how many - in America's middle class
DAY 2
The lucrative business of bankruptcy
DAY 3
Big business hits the jackpot with billions in tax breaks
DAY 4
Why the world is closing in on the U.S. economy
DAY 5
The high cost of deregulation: Joblessness, bankruptcy, debt
DAY 6
For millions in U.S., a harsh reality: It's not safe to get sick
How death came to a once-prosperous discount-store chain
DAY 7
Raiders work their wizardry on an all-American company
DAY 8
When you retire, will there be a pension waiting?
Workers saving for their retirement lose on junk bonds
DAY 9
How special-interest groups have their way with Congress
America's two-class tax system
This has been with us for a long time.
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Chuck E. Cheese going belly up, and it's not about the virus... [View all]
TreasonousBastard
Jun 2020
OP
I know I'm hopelessly naive on these things, but I'll never understand why this shit is legal.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2020
#2
It doesn't, but dealing with it is complicated and the provisions are relatively obscure...
JHB
Jun 2020
#10
Chuck E. Cheese may be no great loss but the style of execution is troubling.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2020
#11
Only place that makes pizza sauce, where the first ingredient is sugar. 😂
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2020
#37