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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 06, 2008 5:30 am) My Acura TL was made in the USA. I'm proud of the American workers who put it together. |
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Replying to: dave8697 (Dec 06, 2008 4:54 am) Let's be clear here. Honda did not want a UAW mentality. Why would a company choose to go down the path that GM is currently in? Every company wants to be profitable and none of them want boat anchors around their necks. They were offered $1700 lower price per car for hybrid Malibus from a local dealer but chose to pay more and send our tax money to Japan. Sales tax goes to the local/state government. Income taxes paid by Toyota - many go to US government. No income taxes from the Detroit 3 since they have no income. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 06, 2008 9:10 am) As I recall that was LBJ. But when is buying T Bills your if fact doing the same thing, its just nothing but an accounting adjustment which hurts no one I can think of. Folks assume that Social Security is in dire straits, but its Medicare which is the problem. |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 06, 2008 8:51 am) Who's first? AAA? It sure isn't the UAW, certainly not in these times. "If there is hope for the Big Three and for the UAW, it rests in unionizing the foreign automakers' U.S. plants. It is not too late to save the Big Three. But the solution is not to tear down the historic and heroic gains won by prior generations of UAW workers. If there is hope long term -- for the unionized Big Three companies and for the UAW -- it rests in dealing with the unfinished business of the 1980s: unionizing the unorganized transplants." The Big Three's real union problem (LA Times Opinion)
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 06, 2008 8:51 am) The Democrats controlled Congress throughout Nixon's presidency. Nixon could have vetoed the '72 Amendments but did not. (Nixon's passion was foreign policy; domestic policy bored him. Although he called himself a conservative, he rarely vetoed liberal domestic legislation. In return for this, he expected Congress to go along with his foreign initiatives.) I'm not going to let these old folks down in their last days. Households headed by the elderly are, on average, considerably wealthier than young households. Today's 25-year-old worker pays more in inflation-adjusted FICA taxes than his 75-year-old grandfather did back in 1958, when he was 25. Overall, the system is markedly more generous to those born before WWII than it is to those born later. I refuse to let the Wall Street crowd to invest social security taxes. What about non-profit credit unions or the local savings & loan? How about TIAA-CREF? There are plenty of savings & investment opportunities out there apart from Wall Street.
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Replying to: dave8697 (Dec 06, 2008 4:54 am) I'd buy Camrys over Malibus anyday. Workmanship and material quality are what you pay for in Foreign Vehicles. It's like comparing  to 
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Dec 06, 2008 9:09 am) I recall it as if were yesterday. The Wall Street Journal stated that Richardson Texas was to be boom town 2000. They are the telcom corridor and anyone in telecommunications is there, over 600 high tech companies, much like Silicone Valley. They were dead wrong. Back then we formed a limited partnership to do basically the same thing your thinking about. Plumber, lawyer, architect, electrician, and a few others lent their talents. We worked several projects a month. It was time consuming and we did make some money. A NOTE: If you live on the property for two years your going to dodge the tax bullet. Our greatest and most profitable undertaking was a large subdivision in Austin, Texas. I recall it was 20 or so lots/tracts and rough plumbing could be done in one day on all of the homes. For that matter most crafts could be better used in this manner. High end pier and beam homes built to last, everything square, and planned to the last detail. Tile and sheet rock work are a thing of beauty, more like art. I have pictures. 2 acre lagoon, community garden, herb garden, playground/picnic area. We altered many/most of the homes, a few of the partners kept their property. Over all we knew that if we couldn't sell them, we would have to reside there. The three to four hour travel was well worth it. However, time off is one of the most expensive things you can give yourself. I've been tinkering with a geodesic domes. I bet with the labor market being what it is, cost could much less. However, demand is another thing.
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 06, 2008 9:56 am) They always leak. Try a pyramid - there's several here. Meanwhile, let's try to keep the focus on the UAW. Thanks. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 06, 2008 9:32 am) Catholics
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 06, 2008 10:01 am) The pharmaceutical industry has run up an $800 million tab for lobbying Congress and backing political candidates over the past seven years, making it the "goliath" of American lobbying groups. The tab breaks down to $675 million in lobbying, $87 million in campaign donations to federal candidates and political parties and $10 million for advocacy groups, according to the Center for Public Integrity http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/pharma-industry-emerges-as-nation-s-biggest-l- obbyist/2005-07-07
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