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Replying to: chikoo (Nov 26, 2008 7:17 pm) When the old man Ford was around he made sure that no CEO was paid as much as they are paid today. He understood that you could not pull all the margins out and that you had to leave some room for others to make some money. When this was done every one made some money and every one was happy. To day the people at the top dont think this way and thats why we are in trouble to day. Corp Greed is the way of today. What ever they make as a bass pay is what the pension will be. Thats not right they need to have the same as every one that works for them. Wake up and see whats truly going on and not what you think is the truth. I am not a UAW man but i see and have seen this for years and its BS and needs to stop. |
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How soon we all forget what the American auto industry did for us. In the time of WW II it was the auto industry that stopped making cars and started making what the USA needed to win the war. Yes and this was done with no strings attached. Buy the way don’t the us autoworkers use the American banks? Why no string for the banks? What did the banks do to help win the war? If we loose the auto industry how do we change over to do the same today? Do we buy what we need from Japan?? Will they make this stuff for us? Will they sell to us? Or will they watch us fall? Or have they started this war on the American auto industry as a pay back on the US. A pay back for what was done to them in WW II. So keep buying *from Japan** and help them buy out the American flag. You will end up standing up to the **Japan Flag.** instead of the USA. We came to this country because it was the land of opportunity but today’s generation has no loyalty to America. This is the start of the end if things don’t change soon. |
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Nov 26, 2008 5:35 pm) You are expecting the car maker in Michigan to build a car for more than the car maker in Alabama. They both have to sell their products in the same markets. The auto maker in Michigan cannot compete against the automaker in Alabama. The fact it cost more to live in Michigan is irrelevant to the marketplace. Not the persons problem buying a new car. You want the automaker in Alabama to pay his workers more so the competition in Michigan has a chance to survive. How stupid would that be? The guy buying the car in Florida is only interested in how much car he gets for the money. If GM can no longer be competitive they need to pack it up and go to automaker Nirvana with Packard and Studebaker.
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No, Thank you for what you and all of yours have done for me and mine. I came to this great Country in 1958 and i love it. Yes i have gone home now and then to see the family but this is truly the best country in the world. It was you that made it posible for me to help this country be what it is today. We need to remember the past and that will help go where we need to be. GOD LOVE US ALL AND HELP US SEE WHAT WE NEED TO SEE. |
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Replying to: Vinnmar (Nov 26, 2008 8:00 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 26, 2008 8:23 pm)
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Replying to: Vinnmar (Nov 26, 2008 8:00 pm) So keep buying *from Japan** and help them buy out the American flag. You will end up standing up to the **Japan Flag.** instead of the USA. Really? Payback? Are you serious? If all Americans thought this way, we would still be driving cars with 80's technology. Without competition, the Big 3 would have had no reason to improve their product. I think the Big 3 assumed most Americans would continue to buy their cars, out of loyalty, no matter how much better the imports were. They were wrong. You can limit your car buying choices to "American only", but I want the best car I can get for my money, regardless who makes it.
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| my youngest son is 23 and getting ready to graduate from college but is working full time at a local fitness center getting paid $15.00 an hour to get sweet young things and older sweet things in shape. Not a bad gig if you can get it. I hope once he graduates he applies to one of the local pro teams as a professional trainer. I hear the cheerleaders need the kinks worked out once in a while after a long overtime game. | |
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