[BudgieRamone]

Stan Donnelly, whose Alexandria, Minn., company makes plastic parts for big equipment manufacturers, imports tools from China to save money. In the long run, bypassing U.S. toolmakers is a mistake, he believes.

---Ok you numbnuts, you believe its a mistake why are you doing it? BECAUSE IT SAVES MONEY!!!!

Ever notice its all about saving money and putting that "saved" money into the Stockholders, CEO's and all the other alphabet soup title's pockets. Why aren't these bone heads concerned with making money? because that would require them to actually have a brain and it would interfere with their tee times at the local golf club.

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against someone who earns their money and is successful at it, more power to them, but this is gross incompetence coupled with greed. They expect their bread and butter (floor workers) to suffer and take the cutbacks while few of them feel any kind of pain from an economic downturn. In fact its quite the opposite, they profit from the downturn, their companies lose money and yet they are still given bonuses...how screwed up is that?

One example that I found to be particularly outstanding in this was Raytheon Corporation. They made a deal with Massachusetts to keep payroll--not employment, but payroll-- at a certain level to gain tax breaks from the state, Well the bright boys in charge decided they needed to lay off, so what do they do? They lay-off a bunch of workers yet, keeping true to the letter of the agreement, maintain payroll at its level by giving the person in charge a hefty raise!

Raytheon is only one example, I am sure there are many more horror stories floating around out there, I just happen to know more about Raytheon because I am a laid off production worker from their aircraft unit.

[PFKEY]

Ever notice its all about saving money and putting that "saved" money into the Stockholders, CEO's and all the other alphabet soup title's pockets. Why aren't these bone heads concerned with making money? because that would require them to actually have a brain and it would interfere with their tee times at the local golf club.

Interesting take.

If any old bonehead can be a CEO and spend their day golfing then we would all be CEO's.

Who ever said these companies owe you or I a job?

These companies are started and owned by individuals.

Should they all be run at a loss just so we can have jobs?

Go start a company and employ all these good people.