Posted on 11/11/2008 5:04:58 PM PST by Fred
Just give everyone $100K and be done with it!
The answer would be a resounding “Yes we can!”, and it will begin with a $25 Billion Dollar deposit from Uncle Sam directly into the coffers of the UAW.
The top of the slippery slope...
Yeah, give me 100K and I’ll buy a new vehicle.
Bailout the unions? Kick them out to either Canada or Mexico.
“on average, GM pays $81.18 an hour in wages and benefits to its U.S. hourly workers.”
And we taxpayers, who make a fraction of that outrageous wage, are supposed to pick up their fat health care and retirement tab. Why didn’t these cretins save some of their extravagant paychecks for their own health care and their retirement? Every politician who votes for this scandalous bailout should be tarred and feathered.
It’s not the unions in Washington begging for help. Also, it was Henry Ford that started the higher wage format for workers, not the unions.
In spite of the MSM’s portrayal of workers, it has not always been, and many jobs are not, easy. Standing in one spot for 8-12 hours per day is rough on the body.
Hey, Obama is just paying off his “debts”. Quid pro quo.
Sounds like trickle down to me. Didn't think Dems believed in trickledown.
NO!!!
You probably were trying to make a funny when you wrote that; but, in the long run it would be more profitable to simply buyout the GM workforce and start all over. That presumes that the rank and file are as ignorant as they seem to be.
GM has great cars and trucks...
but if they sell out to the government, there is absolutely no way I will ever buy one.
That goes for any bank or other private enterprise now to be owned by the government.
I refuse to participate in Socialism.
Sounds like trickle down to me. Didn't think Dems believed in trickledown.
Sounds like trickle down to me. Didn't think Dems believed in trickledown.
Unions will eventually destroy the U.S. auto industry. The auto workers unrealistic wage and benefits demands have already crippled their companies abilities to be competitive.
I am firmly against any bailout of the big three.
I grew up in P’burgh, my Dad worked in a steel mill for 40 plus years. This was also tedious work and their reward is that most of the mills are gone. The answer seems clear, figure it out, move the plant or shutdown.
Interesting article on the woes of the Big 3.
click here for full article.
Transformational UAW Deal? Accept Professors' Pay
According to Forbes:
Labor cost per hour, wages and benefits for hourly workers, 2006.
Ford: $70.51 ($141,020 per year)
GM: $73.26 ($146,520 per year)
Chrysler: $75.86 ($151,720 per year)
Toyota, Honda, Nissan (in U.S.): $48.00 ($96,000 per year)
According to AAUP and IES, the average annual compensation for a college professor in 2006 was $92,973 (average salary nationally of $73,207 + 27% benefits).
Bottom Line: The average UAW worker with a high school degree earns 57.6% more compensation than the average university professor with a Ph.D. (see graph above, click to enlarge), and 52.6% more than the average worker at Toyota, Honda or Nissan.
Many industry analysts say the Detroit Three, and especially Ford, must be on par with Toyota and Honda to survive. This year's contract, they say, must be "transformational" in reducing pension and health care costs. What would "transformational" mean? One way to think about: "transformational" would mean that UAW workers, most with a high school degree, would have to accept compensation equal to that of the average university professor with a Ph.D.
“The answer seems clear, figure it out, move the plant or shutdown.
I would like to see them survive. But they need to dump the unions, which is probably impossible.
I just can’t believe that we can’t build a better car than Japan. By we, I mean GM/Ford, as we all know that many Japanese brands are built here. But they are still Japanese brands with profits going there.
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