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It's almost as if all of Lewistown has been outsourced
The Harrisburg Patriot-News ^
| Sunday, August 01, 2004
| BILL SULON
Posted on 08/02/2004 5:34:00 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Tribune7; martin_fierro
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:34:39 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
blah,blah,blah.
You a union man,Willie?
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:37:22 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over our Military men and women who serve to keep us free.)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:41:09 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:42:33 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Willie Green
Six plants in Centre County and one in Huntingdon County closed during the past year, because of either foreign competition or the outsourcing of jobs to other countries, And the US EPA regulations helped or hurt that issue?
I predicted back when I was a wee lad that we would loose manufacturing jobs because of that bunk.
Thanks for helping Kerry with this post, Willie.
(I think it's so funny that union people support dems, while the dem addiction to environmental theocracy hurts union jobs the most)
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:42:44 PM PDT
by
narby
(Democrat = Internationalist ... Republican = American)
To: Willie Green
To: Willie Green
...and it is all Bush's fault.
Thanks Willie: You are the show.
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
oldtimer
To: Josh in PA
No lie. These kids are smarter than the average bear. She'll never be an officer with that tattoo.
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:48:47 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: narby
so tell us, what kind of industrial pollution you are in favor of? maybe a little toxic air, or chemicals in the water. should the US have the same environmental protections as a third world country?
this issue is not about Kerry or Bush, its about our country's economic future.
To: Tribune7
This story reminds of an article when Bush 1 waas running for office the second time and a woman was complaining that she had her Mastrs Degree and could not find a job all this of course due to Bush.
Near the end of the article it mentioned that her degree was in Mid-evil French Art history.
Of course this young lady could go to the city and find work there.
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:51:20 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
(OBL and the Communist's supports Kerry for President, flush the 2 Johns!)
To: neutrino
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:51:39 PM PDT
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: narby
Willie, God bless him, is indulging in the rose-colored foolishness about how all was grand in the rust belt when we all worked at the mill.
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:52:37 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: Willie Green
The company gave some of its employees the option of working at other Lear facilities, including plants in Carlisle and Virginia, but there were few takers.
Tough times require tough decisions. My plant in Detroit went thru real hard times during Carter and I know of a number of individuals who relocated to Texas.
However, that being said, the state of my plant is now in jeoparday due to the draconian measures being taken by our German owners and the inability of us procurring additonal stamping work.......
I don't even pretend to have an answer........
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posted on
08/02/2004 5:53:37 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(After 30+ years dealing with idiots, I still haven't earned the right to just shoot them.....)
To: TroutStalker
To: sarcasm; iamright; AM2000; Iscool; wku man; Lael; international american; No_Doll_i; techwench; ...
Thanks for the ping, Sarcasm!
The bitter consequences of free traitin' are beginning to be felt. These workers, like many Americans, are losing their jobs, and all hope of better jobs to Mexico, China, and myriad other places. Those cheap consumer prices have a hidden cost - American jobs. And the people of Lewiston - along with many others - are beginning to pay that price.
The ultimate price for the cheap trash from China will, I think, be painful indeed.
If you want on or off my offshoring ping list, please FReepmail me!
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posted on
08/02/2004 6:00:58 PM PDT
by
neutrino
(Lord, what fools these mortals be! (William Shakespeare, Midsummer Nights Dream))
To: Willie Green
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posted on
08/02/2004 6:01:15 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over our Military men and women who serve to keep us free.)
To: Willie Green
I live in and about Lewistown, PA and Lewistown is no worse than many old Pennsylvania Cities that have a large demographic of unskilled workers who have either quit school or did not go onto higher education. And the major new building in the middle of Lewistowns main street is the Mifflin County Prison with the new court house within a short distance.
The companies that employ this demographic pay minimum or just a little higher that minimum wages. As soon as there is a negative economy, the assembly line jobs are cut and there are no other companies taking on the unskilled. And to say that the employees are dependable would not be the truth.
There are suburban homes in the area but they are homes of people either employed in State College or Harrisburg. The young people who graduate college go to other areas of the country for employment. This happens in Pottsville, Shamokin, Altoona, Huntingdon, Sunbury and other similar areas.
Lewistown is no different.
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posted on
08/02/2004 6:03:01 PM PDT
by
franky
(Pray for the souls of the faithful departed. Pray for our own souls to receive the grace of a happy)
To: Hot Tabasco
I don't even pretend to have an answer........
On second thought, I do have an answer. If the Germans come knocking on the door of your company, either shoot the bastards or tell them to take a hike. I just remembered talking to the mother of my ex-coworker on July 10 who was the secretary to the president of her company. The krauts came in, made an offer which the president helped to persuade, and once it was finalized, they asked him to leave along with my friend's mom. They then proceeded to cut the company by 1/3.........
Just as the Asians have been making their influence known in our stock markets, so are the krauts in our auto industries. Call me a wacko and tell me to put my tinfoil hat on but there is something rotten in Berlin going on..........
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posted on
08/02/2004 6:04:13 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(After 30+ years dealing with idiots, I still haven't earned the right to just shoot them.....)
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