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Do You Favor A Government Loan To The Detroit 3?

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Re: Car Pool to Washington [cooterbfd] by gagrice
Nov 26, 2008 (8:23 pm)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Nov 26, 2008 5:35 pm)

Wages to cost of living is always a consideration when looking for a place to saettle and work. Some places are better than others. You come to San Diego and look for a decent house expect to pay about $400k for the house you just described at todays prices. A $20 per hour job has no problem getting filled. Most do not work for minimum wage. I think Wally World starts at about $8.75. McDonald's about the same. An autoworker is only slightly above a WalMart job. So $15 per hours should be plenty. Now if you are a machinist in a manufacturing plant that may be different.
 
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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Re: effect of the media [whatugiv] by Vinnmar
Nov 26, 2008 (8:45 pm)
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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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Re: Is Nissan Next? [chikoo] by rogeliov
Nov 26, 2008 (10:05 pm)
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Replying to: chikoo (Nov 26, 2008 7:15 pm)

I think it's more of a symbolic gesture of support for the big 3.
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Re: effect of the media [Vinnmar] by rogeliov
Nov 26, 2008 (10:09 pm)
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Replying to: Vinnmar (Nov 26, 2008 8:00 pm)

it's not Japan or Korea we should be worried about. The Chinese are poised to strike anytime.
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Re: Car Pool to Washington [gagrice] by rogeliov
Nov 26, 2008 (10:13 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 26, 2008 8:23 pm)

I disagree with you here gaggy. An automaker deserves to make way more than the lazy bums working at wally world. It takes more brains and physical ability to assemble a complex automobile that to stack boxes of cereal on shelves. And they do this with minimal breaks and great attention to detail. Try doing this for 8-12 hours straight and tell me they don't deserve at least 25-30 dollars an hour.
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Re: effect of the media [Vinnmar] by elroy5
Nov 26, 2008 (10:15 pm)
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Replying to: Vinnmar (Nov 26, 2008 8:00 pm)

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.
 
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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Oh and one more thing by rogeliov
Nov 26, 2008 (10:16 pm)
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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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Uncle, can you spare a dime? by steve_ HOST
Nov 26, 2008 (10:22 pm)
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Anyone else have an opinion on whether Uncle Sam should loan some dough to the Big 3?
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Re: Uncle, can you spare a dime? [steve_] by circlew
Nov 27, 2008 (4:32 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 26, 2008 10:22 pm)

Only is they are forced to become the Smaller 3!!
 
Regards,
OW

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