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To: Helicondelta

What have their unions done? What have their politicians done? What have they done on the job? A Company has to stay profitable. Unless we believe in socialism, the government does not own the jobs. The union does not own the jobs. Even the workers do not own the jobs. The company offers the jobs. If they are pressed with regulation and taxation and demands, if employees threaten to picket over every little thing....the company may decide to go to a more friendly environment. To force or coerce them to stay is socialism. To try to persuade them to stay is freedom.


7 posted on 02/13/2016 9:42:16 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

“To try to persuade them to stay is freedom.”

Bingo.

They shouldn’t expect to sell their Mexican made goods in the US tax free.


27 posted on 02/13/2016 9:58:00 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

the companies are plenty profitable


99 posted on 02/14/2016 1:06:20 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
A Company has to stay profitable.

UTC, Carriers parent, reported profits of around $8 billion last year. It isn't a question of being profitable. It's a case of wanting larger profits by reducing costs.

108 posted on 02/14/2016 3:34:03 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Many here do believe in socialism when it comes to maintaining jobs where the cost of that job makes the products unprofitable


121 posted on 02/14/2016 5:00:55 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
To force or coerce them (companies) to stay is socialism. To try to persuade them to stay is freedom.

Excellent post. I liked that Trump brought the issue up. But I kept waited for him to add what you said, and he didn't. Dr. Carson, however, did earlier mention something along this line of thought. Trump should have picked up on that.

123 posted on 02/14/2016 5:18:05 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Then incentives should be offered. The government should decide if certain industries are of strategic importance, like mining and production. Things we could lose if the bad guys in the world seek to deprive us.


133 posted on 02/14/2016 7:49:03 AM PST by CMB_polarization
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

You’ll sing a different tune when you our your loved one has know where to work but McDonalds.

Spoken like a true liberal. Blame the workers. This is about Carrier being greedy and wanting cheap labor. Well, they just got it.

And all these products that used to be made here are now made in sweat shops by child laborers in Asia and they’re still expensive as hell and we still run out and buy them because of greed.


135 posted on 02/14/2016 9:08:59 AM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Do I get to guess that these hobs were union jobs?

The country has run out of reasons to keep unions pushing for higher & higher wages which can lead to a company choosing to take the company out of our boundaries.

The artificial structure of unions supports the worst worker at the expense of the best worker & at the cost of the company.

I have been forced to be in 5 unions in my 60 years of working. I have seen enough to be dispirited at the least & disgusted at the best. I can never support unions in any way shape or form.

When the lazy, lying, drunk worker keeps getting a pas with the union & the on time, efficient worker gets fired for being good at their job, something is deadly wrong.


149 posted on 02/14/2016 10:27:26 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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