That is indeed the approach American politics prefers to take, and that’s what has allowed this decade-long situation to transpire in the first place. They may well choose to continue the course and allow the unhealthy labor practices of the past ten years to continue, in the hopes that the market will eventually correct them. Whether they should or not is the debate at hand.

(Note: You did not state whether you endorse the possibility you describe, so duly noted given the style of reply, as it seems that omission is accidental.)