If he's a liberal, I am going to go with no, no he does not. Afterall, with the Democratic party running things, at what percentage is the government running these days? 450% over annual revenue? Some people believe money is, in fact, growing on trees. Nevermind all the hard work the people that own these establishments have put in to get where they are. Nevermind the negative impact it has on them, even though they are doing the greatest community service of all. PROVIDING JOBS.
Why is the blame laid on them? Do they create the legislation that has all but driven manufacturing from this country? Support the Unions that have done the same? Are they the ones that have raised the nominal corporate tax rate to 35%? The highest in the world when discussing developed economies?
I don't understand why the first thing out of people's mouths is raise the minimum wage. Do you know what that does? It drives up the cost of living. The minimum wage will always be a non or difficult living wage. Always. You can make it $15 an hour. A gallon of milk will be $10, bread will be $6 so on and so forth. The best way to get people on a living wage is o have jobs available.
Companies are in business to make money. That's no secret. If we want manufacturing back, we have to be conducive to big business as a country. Lower corporate taxes than other developed nations, driving the unions out with right-to-work legislation and aggressively pursuing the relocation of companies to American shores through tax breaks, incentives such as land, etc.