[sinkspur]

So, you're a union supporter. I should have known.

You object to any jobs moving to Mexico, but seem to think manufacturers should continue to cater to an archaic labor structure which has brought the manufacturing sector to its knees. Do you know how business works?

I've enjoyed the dialogue, but neither one of us is going to change any minds, and I fear we're going to just keep going around the same tree.

Have a good weekend.

[mysterio]

So, you're a union supporter. I should have known.

I support unions defending peoples' jobs when they fight real injustice. The crookedness and constant support for socialist nanny authoritarian candidates I do not support. So I guess you could say I'm about 60/40 on them.

You object to any jobs moving to Mexico, but seem to think manufacturers should continue to cater to an archaic labor structure which has brought the manufacturing sector to its knees. Do you know how business works?

I think so. Let me see if I have it right.

1. Make agreements with your workers to trade pay raises for some distant benefit.

2. Donate lots of money to buy influence with pandering politicians and demand that they allow you to move all of your manufacturing to a third world nation at a fraction of the cost and pay no tariff to re-import the finished product.

3. Fire your American workers.

Wage deflation right now is propped up by Americans using credit where they used to save. And just like with our government, the borrowing cycle can't last forever. Eventually the bill comes and you have to pay. And with a nation of gas station clerks making $8 instead of factory workers making $20, the engine is going to seize up.

I've enjoyed the dialogue, but neither one of us is going to change any minds, and I fear we're going to just keep going around the same tree.

Have a good weekend.

Agreed. I hope that yours is a good one as well.