Posted on 04/24/2007 8:21:11 AM PDT by Wolfie
If the employees make THAT much money the CEO can’t get nearly the bonus he’s entitled to.
>>>>>I know this.....Lobby Congress to level the playing field,
Don't you understand? HE IS LOBBYING CONGRESS. He is using the only language the socialists, the lawyers and the unions understand (or at least, the only one they will listen to!). Having 250 people lose their jobs in his district, hard as that is, is WAY more effective that politely sitting in a Congressman's office complaining about labor laws, or environmental regs, or taxes, or ........
Like I said, the market is ruthlessly kind. Like your dad whacking your behind. It gets your attention.
Don’t forget that Bill Clinton said, “move over, honey, I’ve gotta’ take this call” to Monica when Alfonso Fanjul called. But don’t worry, I’ve been assured on this thread that we are willing to pay ten cents more for a candybar.
~LOL~ we might starve... I was shocked to find out garlic powder comes from China, our vitamins are made in China, etc... they have managed (probably with a great deal of help from Bill Clinton) to permeate every segment of our food industry.
Oh no, it's the right question, though it was rhetorical, and you did at least get around to answering it.
He does have a home in Shanghai, though. He also has his home here which he has had for years. His kids are grown, and his wife loves to travel.
Well, finally one of them at least shows he has the courage of his own (misguided) convictions and walks the walk. I'm sure he has the full faith and credit of the communist behind his "property rights" and I'm sure nothing will ever put that in jeopardy.
We should all be so lucky.
Well, luck per say, is a moving "target", literally. Blackbird.
And I am surprised that even now you have no idea why people like us, who have started and run businesses and employed people like you FOR YEARS, are leaving. Despite having the stuff literally rubbed in your face, all you can do is blab on about "greed" or recite some shop stewards speech about how the big guys don't care about anything but themselves.
Did you know that the average business owner who relocates overseas makes LESS than $300,000 a year? Did you know that these people know about our labor laws, our unions, our tax structures, and most importantly, THEY KNOW ABOUT HOW AMERICANS VIEW THE SUCCESSFUL AS TARGETS? They will tell you flat out that you can buy your way out of fines, regulations and taxes. Did you know that China and India target American entrepeneurs? They tell you that you can keep ALL you make and will help you set up foreign corporations so that the IRS cannot get at your foreign income. Indian businessmen laugh at the IRS and how America is one of the very few grasping countries that seeks to tax the income of its citizens overseas. Do you still not get it? American businessmen are patriotic, but not suicidal in the name of patriotism. Call that treasonous if you will, but until you start to realize that the corporate fatcats are the reason most of us have jobs, they will continue to leave.
Hershey’s profit is probably due to diversification and the closing of unprofitable plants.
Oh, I get it. As I said earlier, I am surprised you're still here.
No IRS, no regulations, no drunk American employees, no environmental concerns, no unions, few laws, no lawyers, etc. Sounds like an employers paradise.
Good luck in Ecuador or India, where ever you relocate.
Oh, almost forgot the most important thing...Employees that work for next to nothing!!
Too many diets, greed, or too few illegal immigrants? The exodus continues by companies made successful by free enterprize and the American people.
And yet so many people cheer it. Can’t figure out why they hate America so much.
btt
Why? Are you having trouble finding a job? The unemployment rate continues to hover at all-time lows and our economy is the envy of the rest of the world. Anybody that wants a good job in this country can find one. All it takes is a little initiative and the desire to learn new things. Employers in this country are starved for people who show up every day on time and have a good, positive attitude and a desire to work.
Unless you are a deadbeat that wants everything handed to you, you will never go hungry in this country. (And even if you are, you probably still won't go hungry.)
Country of origin labeling? Now there’s a “nonstory” that nobody will talk about.
Unfortunately, I saw no refernce to that in the html version, annd the pdf can't D/L without being corrupted. You could be speaking a whole truth for all I know. I could even get on board IF they weren't moving these supposed low performers but instead were just consolidating. As it stands with the available info, 250 otherwise productive taxpayers are NO LONGER so (knuckledragging union members or not). The same can't be said for the Communist Chinese. They'll probably put 2500 people (speculation on my part in lieu of any more facts)to work and still do it cheaper. We will never compete with that without dessimating our entire Middle Class. I know I know, class warfare. Despite the rhetoric, that's the way it is. Blackbird.
Let’s blame Rendell.
I did. Have the Ph.D. to prove it. And my employer is downsizing skilled workers in our Research Laboratories. It is economics - there are skilled Koreans, Indians, and Chinese who will do my job for less. These same foreign companies are investing in technology. Our managers see manufacturing facilities as overhead and employees as an expense. That said, I would rather be where I am with job skills than without.
The quote is from the FDA - which does not include meat, seafood, etc. (they are regulated by USDA). It refers to canned and packaged goods.
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