"...this new expense must either be absorbed by the company as the cost of using human labor or passed on to customers in the form of higher prices."
"Absorbed by the company" could mean turning some of those profits into wages. And we can't have that! Gods forbid the stockholders should have lower returns on their investments so that others may pay their rent AND buy clothes. That's just un-American.
"Absorbed by the company" could mean turning some of those profits into wages. And we can't have that! Gods forbid the stockholders should have lower returns on their investments so that others may pay their rent AND buy clothes. That's just un-American.