race to the bottom
The current push by businesses to drive down the standard of living in America, as a result of businesses fighting to sell there products at the lowest possible cost in the marketplace. In order to achieve the lowest cost workers pay and benefits are reduced or eliminated. Wal-mart leads this race.
The race to the bottom is underway as the factory worker was fired and will have to take a job with 1/2 the pay of his former job.
Race to the bottom of the pile
If you're a sheep and just fallow everything and everyone without knowing where you going or what you doing . just to belong to something.
Do your own thing ! Don't race to the bottom of the pile .