CADsortaGUY
Lifer
Originally posted by: boomerang
You should re-think that statement within the context of the discussion here. It's an irrelevant argument.Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
Originally posted by: boomerang
In theory the playing field is level, but what if money is crossing the ocean from the parent corp to subsidize the US operations? Is the playing field still level? Of course they would never do that would they?Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
Originally posted by: senseamp
Originally posted by: Polish3d
Originally posted by: shabby
Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
$75 a hour? Wow, that's a lot. 75x40(hours)x52(weeks)=156,000... O_O WTF
Wow that's lunacy :shocked:
I hope the uaw dies a slow and painful death.
The UAW also claims that it's fully the fault of the economy, not UAW or the auto manufacturers that these companies are struggling:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...o_bailout_gettelfinger
That's odd and fallacious when you consider that the economy isn't causing these same problems for other auto companies
Other companies don't have the retiree healthcare obligations that detroit has to deal with, because their retirees are mainly in countries with universal healthcare. So there is no level playing field to begin with.
The US arm of those corporations aren't on a "level playing field"? Seems to me things are level here in America. The UAW and the Unions have milked the big 3 dry and it's time for them to jettison the baggage of legacy business practices. It seems the only way they could do that is Chap 11. Once they re-emerge not only would the field be level, but the monkeys would no longer be weighing their back down...
GM doesn't have operations in foreign countries?
No, it's very relevant. People keep trying to claim the field isn't level because other corps have gov'ts paying their healthcare. In the US - they all pay some sort of healthcare. In other countries that have paid for healthcare -those companies with operations there don't have the costs. So if GM has operations there - they aren't paying it. Operations in America are on a level playing field.