The US in the 70s and 80s adequately paid staff, so it's definitely not beyond the realms of what is reasonable.
It's just as some point the CEOs decided they wanted to not pay staff, so they stopped giving them raises and then convinced half the population that them being richer is the American thing to do, and paying staff is socialism and evil.
It's just as some point the CEOs decided they wanted to not pay staff, so they stopped giving them raises and then convinced half the population that them being richer is the American thing to do, and paying staff is socialism and evil.