Posted on 07/21/2003 6:40:22 AM PDT by TroutStalker
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:49:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
I caught it.
Just like you caught the underlying theme in these posts. Unions are a leftist tool. Of course they will try and blame the GOP for the problems they've created. They don't want their members turning their gaze in their direction as the cause of their problems. They will incite them against Bush, or anybody but themselves.
By the time workers get so desparate that they ask a for a union, management has usually done the destroying. Remember, the only thing worse than a union is management that is bad enough for the workers to want to be represented by a union.
BTW, that lawsuit you reference is from 2000. Since there are no follow-ups listed on the AK web site, I guess it was thrown out of court? Also, I'm sure you know, anyone can file a lawsuit about anything. Just because a lawsuit has been filed, that isn't proff that any laws were broken.
No longer were manual accounting ledgers being used, or income tax returns being prepared manually. Most of the routine, tedious tasks were now automated through tax/accounting software and electonic spreadsheets.
My point in this is that to not just survive, but prosper, it's going to take a lot of work on the individual's part to be proficient in a variety of tasks. Nobody promised us that life would be easy, only life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It took me more than 15 years after I left the Army to find my 'dream job'. Along the way there were hirings, firings, lay-offs, crappy jobs, decent jobs, decent bosses, crappy bosses, plus a 600+ mile relocation.
Living in a right-to-work state (Texas), I know that my dream job could be terminated tomorrow, with no recourse. Guess what? The very next day I'd be at Accountemps taking whatever contract work they had at $20-25 an hour, and working nights at Bank of America sorting checks at $10 an hour. I'd do this until my CPA practice had grown to sustain me full-time.
My memories of my temp assignments are quite fond, actually. There was a great deal of variety, and they seemed to appreciate the work I did for them. I'll admit that there were no health or insurance benefits, but I knew that going in.
As for tax returns being outsourced to India, that's a marketing opportunity for me!
Sorry for the rant, this is just my take.
Point noted.
The real killers are confiscatory taxation, regulation, insurance (cost of litigation and liability).
The cost of litigation and liability for product reasons should be unchanged no matter where the good is produced.
Medical Insurance costs in the USA are another heartbreaker, Milton Friedman described this scam many years ago.
What you say might well be true but I for one do not think adopting China's medical system is going to be an improvement. The Constitutional means for equalizing differing wages and other costs among nations is a tariff. The USA had protective tariffs in place from the Second act of the First Congress until GATT
Bull...an employer doesn't "owe" me a job. If I don't like the way my employer treats me then I leave his employment for someone who will treat me with the respect I require.
Remember, the only thing worse than a union is management that is bad enough for the workers to want to be represented by a union.
Again Bull...I don't need a union thug with a club to negotiate my value to a company for me.
BTW, that lawsuit you reference is from 2000. Since there are no follow-ups listed on the AK web site, I guess it was thrown out of court?
Working its way through the courts, I'd imagine.
Also, I'm sure you know, anyone can file a lawsuit about anything. Just because a lawsuit has been filed, that isn't proff that any laws were broken
Right....Unions are upstanding institutions closely tied to our nations survival and freedoms...ya dupe.
There are millions in this country that are willing to work with their hands, even in "hard" jobs. Many people are not brainy people, just workers.
Unfortunately, millions of illegal aliens undocumented workers are taking millions of these jobs and at the same time keeping the salaries on these lower-end jobs lower than it otherwise would be. They are also competing for government benefits and other services while causing taxes and costs to skyrocket.
The political Party that grabs this illegal immigration bull by the horns and does something about it will be in power for the next generation. My guess is, the Democrats will do it, or at least demogogue it, which will put them in power.
Watch Hillary! suddenly position herself as Savior of The Common Man by coming out with a fine-sounding "program" to solve it.
Those living in the USA who are American citizens owe loyalty to the USA. There is no right to commit treason.
Tell me, what section of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is that specified?
I did not now or ever state that loyaty was being forced to run your business at a loss for patriotic reasons but in American History uou might examine Russell, Majors, and Wadell for an example of people doing just that. Loyalty means running your business according to the laws of the USA and not engaging in perjury to bring in H1B or L1 visa holders. Loyalty means not supporting a so called Free Trade envirornmment that is not free trade because one has made investments in the PRC in order to supposedly save money said investment having been subsidized by the Federal government.
Exactly. So how about we stop demagoging business owners, start defending capitalism and begin dismantling of the welfare / regulatory state.
You seem to be over-reacting there just a tad, Chicken Little.
merely predicting from current documented trends. The Chinese are engaging in hostilities against teh USA based upon the following article Trade Deficit Provides China With More Than Economic Advantages
The fact that we have recovery with increasing unemployment should be a matter of great concern to everyone. This is directly attributable to trade policies. If you have something more to contribute to the discussion other than calling me "Chicken little" implying I am falsly claiming the sky is fallin I would love to read it.
I have clearly stated my position I do not support business using offshore production of national defense items such is IMHO a form of treason I further view the transfer of information related to national defense for money as treason and such has been the case since prior to the adoption of our US Constitution. I further take the stand that corporate executives have a duty to follow the law and when they violate that duty because of their business model they should be prosecuted. What do you find threatening about believing in the law and the US Constitution?
Now some have taken teh stand that the current trade envirornment is their right. It is merely the policies that we have in place at this time. Those policies can be changed by putting in place tariffs to take care of some practices such as low artificial pegs of foreign currencies and or as retaliation for high tariffs on American manufactured products.
By calling for enforcement of immigration laws and tariff laws it will harm some who have engaged in past criminal practices.
Because it would cut into the flow of Capital to china and India.
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