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william · 01-06-2009, 07:28 PM

Holy cow! This has become quite a thread since I last looked. A few points I'd like to make:
The Republican party does not want to do away w/the middle class? Alan Greenspan came up w/the theory that Reagan set into motion. Just look at cost/ownership since the 80's and now.
I still say the foreign motor companies (invested in this country - really, when they made no investment?) should pay up their employees to match the UAW. In Germany and Japan they pay union wages (Japan hires you fulltime until death! [now their hiring is parttime, because they're about to be in the tank there too]), and they have socialized medicine. They don't pay for that. The UAW made concessions to cover the med costs.
I do not want the Government to be the bottle to feed the employees. Government should ensure we do world-wide business on a level playing field. Business should be able to provide for it's own employees. Bring back tariffs, and make this the biggest manufacturing country in the world again. Bring back "Made in the U.S.A.",make it viable, and mean what it used to mean (not some cheap ass lapel pin - made in Japan or China [are you kidding me - China?]).
We have become a service economy. Why? Cheap labor costs. Are you telling me that if I have a problem w/my computer, I can't talk to someone in the U.S. over a dell problem? A United States citizen does not understand my computer - I thought they were built here? And someone who actually understands the language?
As far as manufacturing - cars. And I hope Dingo boots, because I'm about to look for a new pair. Other than small busineses, I do not see it. The U.S. should be investing in the U.S. For all of those that say this is wrong - where is your investment?

01-06-2009, 07:28 PM	#105 (permalink)
william Psycho	Holy cow! This has become quite a thread since I last looked. A few points I'd like to make: The Republican party does not want to do away w/the middle class? Alan Greenspan came up w/the theory that Reagan set into motion. Just look at cost/ownership since the 80's and now. I still say the foreign motor companies (invested in this country - really, when they made no investment?) should pay up their employees to match the UAW. In Germany and Japan they pay union wages (Japan hires you fulltime until death! [now their hiring is parttime, because they're about to be in the tank there too]), and they have socialized medicine. They don't pay for that. The UAW made concessions to cover the med costs. I do not want the Government to be the bottle to feed the employees. Government should ensure we do world-wide business on a level playing field. Business should be able to provide for it's own employees. Bring back tariffs, and make this the biggest manufacturing country in the world again. Bring back "Made in the U.S.A.",make it viable, and mean what it used to mean (not some cheap ass lapel pin - made in Japan or China [are you kidding me - China?]). We have become a service economy. Why? Cheap labor costs. Are you telling me that if I have a problem w/my computer, I can't talk to someone in the U.S. over a dell problem? A United States citizen does not understand my computer - I thought they were built here? And someone who actually understands the language? As far as manufacturing - cars. And I hope Dingo boots, because I'm about to look for a new pair. Other than small busineses, I do not see it. The U.S. should be investing in the U.S. For all of those that say this is wrong - where is your investment?