Not that I’m remotely defending corporate bloat, but it is important to do the math and make sure we’re fighting the right battles. Ford has around 175k US employees, if you divide that 3.5B over the ten years over the 175k employees, that’s only an extra $2000/employee/yr. $2000/yr is not going to help a factory worker’s future medical debt nor allow someone to afford a house or a family that couldn’t $2k ago. One could probably even with a straight face make the argument that 3.5b in stock buybacks sets Ford up for future sustainability, and ensures they can keep the bulk of those workers in the US that probably could be exported for cheaper.
What we need back is the culture of taking care of corporations that take care of you when you retire. Pensions and stock options for regular employees.