If you check out my words, you will find that the 73.00 figure includes legacy costs which is added to the wages of current UAW employees in order to come up with this figure. The figures I have quoted are accurate. The 73.00 average is the lie-more lies from the enemies of manufacturing and in my opinion enemies of this country. As for being on this forum, My wife (nyconse) and I have been here longer than you...we are conservatives, but do not like the trade or economic policies of current Republicans. I have great hope that his might be corrected if we had some new blood. Judging from the severity of the economic meltdown, we are correct in our assessment.
One definition of a lie is that which may be factually correct, but through distortion or omission gives a misleading impression. You, sir, are the liar.
When we're talking about the problems of the auto industry, how much workers are paid is irrelevant.
What's important and significant is how much they cost, which as you've illustrated is a different and much higher number.