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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 17, 2008 8:25 am) While that may be true, I thought the Japanese did other things like mandatory inspections of the imports, then drag their feet inspecting them, to discourage their importation.
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Dec 17, 2008 6:59 pm) 
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Dec 17, 2008 4:22 pm) But vexed by the rise of lower-wage competitors, including Hyundai Motor in Montgomery, Alabama, and Nissan Motor in Canton, Mississippi, Toyota has been on a campaign to establish new plants that can pay lower hourly rates than its more-established U.S. plants. Starting wages for workers at Toyota's San Antonio Tundra pickup plant, which opened in 2006, began at $15.50 an hour and are scheduled to grow to $21 an hour in 2009. And assembly workers at the company's planned Prius factory near Tupelo, Mississippi, are expected to earn $20 an hour when it opens in 2010. Yet Toyota's Corolla-Tacoma plant in Fremont, California, is a UAW-represented joint-venture with General Motors that pays national UAW rates. http://www.autonews.com/article/20081212/COPY/312129865/1197 |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 17, 2008 3:45 pm) I'm looking at their income statement, and it appears that $36 billion was in accounting charges. It doesn't add up to me, but they show a loss of about $4.4 billion, and paying $37.2 billion in income taxes.
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 17, 2008 6:46 pm) No doubt there. I completely avoid actively managed funds. Seems few beat the S&P like you mentioned (particularly when your limited in your choices in most 401k and 529 accounts), not to mention the higher management fees charged to get substandard returns. No thanks. Health spending accounts/flexible spending accounts are a very nice benefit. Granted the higher your tax bracket, the more you benefit. We've used a health spending account for the past 8 years and with young kids etc, it's nice to use pretax money to pay for out of pocket medical expenses etc.
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Replying to: rockylee (Dec 17, 2008 2:04 pm) Richer people have bigger expenses....There are enough examples of rich people going bankrupt. That said, I am not pardoning them CEOs. They did get paid more than they were worth imo.
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Dec 17, 2008 6:59 pm) No country does that with more regulations than the EPA. Bill Gates waited something like 2 years to get a Porsche he bought through the EPA red tape. Most cars cannot be sold here for one reason or another. We probably have the most protectionist government on the face of the planet. Japan's emissions are not as stiff as ours.
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Dec 17, 2008 7:27 pm) http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/12/business/gm.php If they are lying I say throw Wagoner and his bunch of losers in jail. Toss Gettlefinger in with them. I am sure he is a big fat liar as well. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 17, 2008 8:45 pm) It was impounded because there was no crash testing on it or EPA testing. Even after passage of the Show and Display law, the use of the 959 is limited. Wikipedia Here's a good one: "In 1949, a pamphlet was published that argued that the American auto industry should pursue a different direction. Titled "A Small Car Named Desire," the pamphlet suggested that Detroit not put all its bets on bigness, that a substantial share of American consumers would welcome smaller cars that cost less and burned fuel more efficiently. The pamphlet's author was the research department of the United Auto Workers." Destroying what the UAW built (AZ Republic/Washington Post)
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 17, 2008 9:03 pm) The article had a couple interesting points. Very biased for the most part and ULTRA Liberal views. Not very factual. I don't believe there ever was a time the UAW was bigger than the Teamster's Union as he intimates. No doubt the UAW along with a lot of other Unions have kept wages higher than they would be without any Unions. And I also believe the UAW started out as a good Union. They went astray and too far left and now it is biting them in the butt. We do not want a USSR type government as the UAW envisions. What they don't realize is the UAW members could end up in the salt mines as easily as making cars if they get out of line.
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