Really though, they actually do "get it", it's just they don't want to get it.

30+ years of the same drumbeat from plutocrats in the media and government has inveterately brainwashed people that the working class ( en masse ) doesn't add up to a hill of beans in driving economic activity ( though, curiously, the PTB shit their pants over inflation fears every time the proles make an extra nickle ).

This brainwashing is so complete that these "job creators" really really do believe they have a "right" of sorts to pay what they want and maintain whatever profit margin they want, "supply & demand" laws notwithstanding.

Arrogant jerkweeds, the lot of them.

hiring illegal immigrants, cheating American workers by misusing H1-B visas. The push for the Trans Pacific Partnership treaty plays into this 'not getting it' dynamic.

Yes, the solutions are simple. Just as with social security (eliminate the cap), every solution is considered viable EXCEPT the one where the 1% pays more. Hmmm, wonder why that i$

The US had a perpetual labor shortage....until the Baby Boom entered the market.

At that point, the squeeze was on to force Americans to accept declining or stagnant wages for 40 years. And Management thought they were geniuses to do so. So they rewarded themselves with magnificent salaries and bonuses.

And Reagan destroyed the Unions.

And it's been a snowball ride downhill ever since then from our "leaders" in Washington DC, (D) & (R) alike!!!