You got it right, corporations have essentially driven many of the blue-collar jobs overseas or simply eliminated their use which directly impacts people in "a certain line of business".
Ray Curto really wasn't joking or lying when he was saying the economy was the cause of diminished family returns. Even those Italian Hitters scoffed at the idea of a weaker American Dollar after their business with the Ukranian in Queens.
The decline of the dollar is the root of all these problems.