[vlovich123]

“Paying people more money makes them more efficient, motivated, and productive which benefits the company more than it costs. The expansion investment is to grow even faster to bring even more profits over the long term”.

Done. I doubt Henry Ford had trouble coming up with a fig leaf explanation if that’s all that was truly needed.

[immibis]

A parent comment hypothesizes that Ford, being a ruthless capitalist, literally couldn't think of that.