What hatred you spew. We are a Christian, middle-class family, who has been connected to Ford Motor Company for four generations. They have been union and non-union(mostly). My husband takes pride in the vehicles he has worked with, the Ranger, the Explorer, the Sport Trac and now as quality engineer traveling the world. After 27 years he is being sent out to pasture, and at 56 years old will try and find another job. The Bible states: Hate the sin, love the sinner. We will make it, with our faith in God.
I didn't put your husband out of work, the company did.
BTW KY grandma, this will not be pretty, if you are not keen on reality read no further.
I did not disparage your faith whats so ever. My comments had nothing to do with Hate at all, but economics.
Your comment..." who has been connected to Ford Motor Company for four generations"
Shows how out of touch with american business climate that position is. Unless you are a large stock holder or an executive level managment( board member) in a corporation, very few people stay with the same company more than 7 years let alone 4 generations.
The problem is the american auto industry has paid FAR FAR FAR too much money on unskilled labor. This did several things, one made poor qualitiy cars too expensive. Made people with little education believe their decision to not go on to better thenselves through education and initiative was good. Also gave those workers a sense of identity and entitlement in a product rather to themselves.
If your family worked for the same company for 4 generations at union wages you got away with more than most could statistically. Good for you, however admit that it was those very union demands and protection of half assed work rules that played a major part in destroying an industry.
While in the 80s-90's while people with far more education suffered by not finding jobs the union protected your jobs. Good for you, but while they were doing that thier demands were undermining the very business that they feed off of.
The auto industry is dying of a self inflicted wound. There were plenty of warnings in the media and the like that your family should have diversified their economic base. You made your decision, now deal with it without accusing someone of not buying a ford of "throwing your husband out of work".
I am sure you will make it with God's help.
By the way, just for the record please state the Book, chapter and verse where it says," hate the sin but love the sinner" Just curious.