Actually no. I blame the people that live in each state. They (public service tax absorbers) just raised wages to keep up with inflation, which is logical if you can “get away with it”.
Their PROBLEM was, the wages of their tax PAYERS did NOT keep up with inflation, because of our pro global pro foreign anti American Federal Gov’t, and the promoted use of FOREIGN labor for consumer products, which “they got away with” big time….
Because most Americans gleefully accepted it, (high quality cheap imports) because most Americans were NOT employed in the manufacturing sector, nobody cared about the country, and most Americans only cared about themselves, about their house yard and immediate neighborhood.
The leaders of each state, and the citizens, should have KNOWN better, and use local media campaigns instructing locals but as local as possible, and to boycott any and all foreign made imports.
Bottom line. The PEOPLE screwed themselves, and the entire country by not being patriotic and organized to protect our country’s prosperity and tax payers. When you stop at a traffic light, look around yourself, and see how many unpatriotic people there are compared to the patriots in Fords Chevys and Dodges.
The only way for patriots to prosper and ENJOY imports is if there was a big fat tariff on each one, instead of a currency and tax induced DISCOUNT.