The immiseration of the American worker is a bipartisan political scam

The other change: mergers and acquisitions, and especially leveraged buyouts, which also leads to the mass layoff of workers. Leopold says this has changed the nature of politics. This shift has led to 20 million workers having gone through a mass layoff between 1996-2012. Ultimately, this discussion explores the effects of greed that rampant capitalism allows and feeds on — and the detriment of those who pay the price for it.