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Replying to: mikefm58 (Jan 10, 2009 6:20 am) It does not take a rocket scientist to see which states have healthy economies and which do not. If you live in a right to work state you are less likely to be unemployed than in the states where there is NO FREEDOM of CHOICE for the worker. With the push for EFCA by the Unions and the Democrats you can look for an even wider margin of industry moving to states that are business friendly. I am fully aware that Unions have played a big part in giving the working class a higher standard of living. The UAW pushed it over the top when unskilled line workers make more than professionals with college degrees. Proof is the fact that UAW companies are NOT able to compete with other companies in the USA let alone other countries. Like it or not we are competing globally. Until the rest of the world reaches a higher standard of living we will be dragged down. My kids are not doing as well as I did without a college education. My advice to all new hires in UAW and other unskilled trade Unions. Go back to school while you can still mooch off of mom and dad.
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Jan 09, 2009 7:42 pm) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: manegi (Jan 09, 2009 8:26 pm) Costs will need to be razor thin for some time to come. Regards, OW |
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Jan 10, 2009 6:20 am) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 10, 2009 7:12 am) Regrds, OW |
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but still Wal*Mart is the evil enemy? Umm...how can you avoid Chinese-made products anymore, anyway? Might as well join 'em if ya can't beat 'em, eh? Word is it that unionization is starting to spread in to hospitals in southern Arizona. Yikes, the worker telling me this had to see my jaw drop down, but our "right to work state" of AZ is changing a bit. Seems the lowly hospital worker is tired of being pushed around and wants "representation" with worker-employer issues and wants unionization. News about dues...and well-represented hospital workers. Now that's progressive! Great news. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jan 10, 2009 8:35 am) Great stuff! Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 09, 2009 7:55 pm) Can't buy it. All I see is a bunch of dirty hippies with their ripped and faded blue jeans, long hair, love beads, peace signs, tie-dye shirts, and granny glasses! They drive around in their VW buses and smoking pot and listening to their Beatles albums! I see mass suicide when reality sets in. 
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 10, 2009 10:29 am) I guess you are right. That is where we got those hippies Bill and Hillary Clinton. Oh, and Obama's buddy Ayers was big during that time. I worked through the period, and did not know about Woodstock for months after it happened. The UAW was at their peek membership. Most of them are now retired wondering how much longer GM will carry them. I think It is worse now. I walk into a place and see someone covered with tattoos, spiked hair and piercings and I turn around and walk out. I still have not gotten over men with ear rings. |
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I'm with you on the earrings thing for men. Who decided that this was a desirable look for dudes, anyway? It seems the rock-n-rap stars would participate no matter what the temperature, but when MJ and all the significant athletes had to chime in I knew we were in for a long barf-bag ride with that idea.
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