[the other guy]

http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/03/news/eco...index.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/corporate...low-2012-6
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/05/07/t...ng-profit/

your post proves my point. You may or may not be union but you do not understand business. Companies have learned to produce more with less it just a fact. What Hoot was talking about is total what a company spends on an employee. Business plans allow for X amount of money for expenses, if they pay more in taxes or benefits wages will be lower or prices will be higher. The point is
it has all got to balance somewhere. Now that profits have improved I believe hiring will slowly start to increase, at least I hope so.