“Owe my soul to the company store”
Buying on credit, from employer, means you will likely fall into a cycle of debt to one supplier. Limiting your ability to make purchases from other vendors.
Or to even look for work in another town/move on. Until you pay of your recurring debts, employer effectively owns you!!
Companies in say mining towns, owned or controlled every business from butcher shop, general stores, the bank etc. A monopoly.
The Lend Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to support other nations within the Allied Forces during World War II. Under this program the United States provided other Allied nations with food, oil, and material from 1941 to 1945.
The PlanIT Valley Community requires 100 million high-tech sensors.
When conflict arose between Middle Eastern countries in the 1970s the U.S had support
Israel
The great society program was to abolish inequality