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orecoast007 wrote on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 AM:
GEORGE SOROS, I hate to tell you this, but the GOP screwed up the country the last 8 YEARS.......
rianza wrote on Oct 13, 2009 10:36 AM:
Interesting that there is no correlation between high union labor costs and the local mills closing. We can "prop up" incomes all we want, but when someone is paid a wage the market won't support, then something gives. Every time the minimum wage is raised a boatload of economics-challenged politicians crow how they're providing a better wage for the American worker. Where do they think that money comes from? I truly believe some of them think businesses get their money the same way they do - by simply increasing their prices (or taxes) - or we print it. Unfortunately, business profits are not infinite and falsely supported wages always result in one thing: lost jobs or - worst case - lost businesses. Look no further than Detroit for a sad example.
george soros wrote on Oct 12, 2009 11:43 AM:
The wonderful ways the Unions took care of Detroit?
I can't believe the Liberal Utopia that IS Detroit has been reduced to standing in line waiting for ObamaBucks.
With the Democrats in power for as long as they have been, I would have thought this city would be a Socialist Utopia by now.
Unfortunately, Obama is setting the rest of the country up for the same failures Detroit is experiencing.
I can't believe the Liberal Utopia that IS Detroit has been reduced to standing in line waiting for ObamaBucks.
With the Democrats in power for as long as they have been, I would have thought this city would be a Socialist Utopia by now.
Unfortunately, Obama is setting the rest of the country up for the same failures Detroit is experiencing.
rcflyer wrote on Oct 10, 2009 6:30 PM:
i went thru part of a depression 3 recessions and did not allow myself the luxery of using poverty as a cop out,yes i know there are those that are in need and also some that use the system.i worked 10 to 18 hrs a day to make it 6-7 days a week,when i bought things i paid cash or knew that i had enough work to get it paid off and if i lost it so what next time it will work i did not need a union to rely on for my jobs or did i have health care all the time.we need a card check system in this country and that would free up untold millions in jobs held by illegals but this president was put in office by a lot of illegals who were union workers and now owes la raza and the mexican controlled unions a big pay back you need to take control of your gov yes your gov and tell them what you want or vote them out if they don't produce
orecoast007 wrote on Oct 10, 2009 1:31 PM:
Mark,I bet one of those illegals is your gardener... They only do the work the rest of us won't do.... May I suggest trying to do the work they do sometime... (LOL) I know of one union here that is not doing such a great job taking care of their members...
Shallow Al wrote on Oct 10, 2009 11:21 AM:
Oh yeah,
My union just impresses the hell out of me!
I pay 90 - 100 dollars a month to get the honor of losing 3 weeks pay this year.
The union never even sent a ballot for my vote, and the only item I saw this last year from them was an 8 page color flyer showing the union officials, all with a drink in their hand, partying on my dues' money in Vegas for a week.
Some fly-by-night-union you think? It's called the Teamsters!
After 20 years as a member, and after being in my current location for several years now, I still get mail in my predecessor's name.
So, Hurray for Unions!!
My union just impresses the hell out of me!
I pay 90 - 100 dollars a month to get the honor of losing 3 weeks pay this year.
The union never even sent a ballot for my vote, and the only item I saw this last year from them was an 8 page color flyer showing the union officials, all with a drink in their hand, partying on my dues' money in Vegas for a week.
Some fly-by-night-union you think? It's called the Teamsters!
After 20 years as a member, and after being in my current location for several years now, I still get mail in my predecessor's name.
So, Hurray for Unions!!
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