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Slide Special user 533 Posts |
"But by the same token why use union labor when non union labor is cheaper? Why not follow this logic all the way out?"
is anyone stopping them now? |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Makes me wonder why it is ever an issue.
Danny Doyle
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 12:28, Al Angello wrote: Do they import them or make them there?
Danny Doyle
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
It's like the second coming of Tommy.
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
I have no problem with them moving. A business made a business decision. I just wonder what others think.
Not a big issue.
Danny Doyle
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
Wages depend on who you talk to. The low end seems to be around $25 to $30 per hour plus benefits. The high end seems to be around $40 to $55 an hour plus benefits. Whichever is correct it is good money for no formal education. Benefits run fromo what I understand run from around $10 an hour to $15 an hour.
I wonder if union wages has anything to do with this? Nah of course not. I am sure it cost the same to produce an automobile in Mexico as it does here in the U.S. Lets see the average UAW wage is around $25 to $30/hour then add benefits and it ups it to around $$40 to $55 an hour...there are estimates that are higher. Remember this is average not what employees make that have been there for a while. Add to the fact that benefits have to be paid to those who have retired (benefit package) and it brings the cost of an hourly wage around $10 an hour more that it costs an auto company per employee an hour. As a CEO how fast can you say, "lets move to Mexico?" Not fast enough. I like to see people get a "fair wage". However as I stated with no formal education and really non skilled labor this is a very high wage and benefits. We are not talking overtime either. When I say non skilled I mean what they learn is on the job training. Far from rocket science. Just an after thought. Don't let those McDonalds' workers that want $15 an hour hear about this or they are going to want a heck of a lot more.
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
If Mexico has an absolute economic advantage in building cars (or even a relative economic advantage), then it's in the best of both Mexico and the US for Chrysler to move their manufacturing to Mexico.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 13:25, Chance Wolf wrote: My mistake. I thought jokes were supposed to be funny. Or followed by one of these: |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 22:16, S2000magician wrote: I'll assume the brackets there, unless I totally misread you. So, why is it in the interest of the American worker for Chrysler to move their manufacturing to Mexico? Or by "America" do you mean the CEO and shareholders of Chrysler? Not quite the same, let's define terms.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Chrysler has no obligation to America.
Danny Doyle
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 22:39, landmark wrote: Yes: my mistake. Quote:
On 2013-10-12 22:39, landmark wrote: I don't recall using the word "worker". Nor "CEO", nor "shareholders". I'd settle for "consumer". |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 23:01, Dannydoyle wrote: You mean taxes?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 23:01, Dannydoyle wrote: Correct. Chrysler is obligated only to the folks who purchase its shares and invest in the company, be they Russian, Chinese, Canadians, Americans, and, well y'alls get the picture. That's all. If some of y'alls don't like that notion, then get 'em out of your portfolios and go green, as it were. I personally like to invest in companies that make money. And I let my financial advisor worry about all that, so don't even ask me if I own Chrysler, because I frankly don't know and I don't shiv a git as long as I keep getting the good returns I've been getting since 2008.
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-10-12 23:08, S2000magician wrote: It would be in the interest of some consumers, no doubt. Unless, of course, they were out-of-work American auto workers. |
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
So. Why are American auto workers out of work?
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
It's good that those Mexican automotive workers are stepping up to do jobs Americans won't do.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2013-10-13 00:54, mastermindreader wrote: There are likely more Chrysler consumers in the US than incipient out-of-work US auto workers. A couple of years ago I was listening to a story on NPR about textile production jobs leaving South Carolina for . . . I don't recall exactly where: Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam . . . somewhere in Southeast Asia, and about all of the South Carolina textile workers who were crying foul about losing their jobs. The interesting point of the story, however, what the none of those same South Carolina textile workers had similarly cried foul ten years earlier when textile jobs left Maine . . . for South Carolina. The common reply to the complaint about one set of workers losing their jobs to another set of workers is that the former should be retrained to work in industries in which their country has an absolute (or, at least, a relative) economic advantage. There are, I'm sure, industries in which the US has a relative economic advantage over Mexico. |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
S2000:
What I object to is the vagueness of appealing to the "best interest of the US." There are US workers, CEOs, consumers, magicians, and many other, possibly overlapping, categories... Unless NAFTA is some miracle policy that makes life better for all members of the US, then it's better to be more specific. Which you were in your last post, thanks. We are not just consumers. We are mothers, fathers, children, teachers, soldiers, artists, doctors, burger flippers, neighbors, etc. When it comes to our economic life, for 99% of us, we are workers; the bulk of our subsistence will depend on wages and jobs. Not everybody can be in the 1% by definition. Public policy like NAFTA that makes it easier for companies to move jobs abroad does not help wages, it just fuels a race to the bottom for workers and wages. As a consumer, I cannot consume as much if my wages are low or non-existent. In your post you write: "There are likely more Chrysler consumers in the US than incipient out-of-work US auto workers." May or may not be true. Let's assume for argument's sake it is true. Are they equivalent entities? Do they hold the same weight in the larger scheme of things? That is, does the burden of some Americans having to pay x amount of dollars more for a Chrysler carry the same implications about life as the burden of some Americans not being able to work? I think this is a very important question to consider. RE the South Carolina/Maine/ Indonesia question: the jobs moved in both instances because the wages were lower. It's not hard to envision public policy that ameliorates those inequities, rather than aggravates them: encourage strong national unions so that there is no incentive to move from Maine to SC; discourage, through tax policy, the export of jobs to other countries. What if we actually made decisions that favored us as workers, not just investors?
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
+1 landmark.
I find it fascinating that large corporations are frequently appealing for tax breaks, access to resources,infrastructure exemptions etc. etc. etc. Yet a number of people blandly repeat the assertion that corporations have no obligations except to their shareholders. Back in the 60s and 70s we called this "corporate welfare". And the CEOs were disparagingly called "corporate welfare bums". How in the world did we get to the point where corporations are applauded for taking from the taxpayer, laying off the people who underwrote the cheque, moving the facilities elsewhere, while giving themselves and the shareholders huge (tax-funded) dividends? Oh how our minds have changed.
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The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Slide Special user 533 Posts |
"I find it fascinating that large corporations are frequently appealing for tax breaks, access to resources,infrastructure exemptions etc. etc. etc. Yet a number of people blandly repeat the assertion that corporations have no obligations except to their shareholders.
Back in the 60s and 70s we called this "corporate welfare". And the CEOs were disparagingly called "corporate welfare bums". How in the world did we get to the point where corporations are applauded for taking from the taxpayer, laying off the people who underwrote the cheque, moving the facilities elsewhere, while giving themselves and the shareholders huge (tax-funded) dividends? Oh how our minds have changed. " Magnus, while I certainly sympathize with your sentiments, it is the way business, big business I should say, has always run. It is a major aspect of any capitalist system. And I am 100% a capitalist If corporations are given incentives to come into your state, the idea is that corporation is also bringing jobs, it is a quid pro quo. And while a corporation may feel the need to be a good corporate steward in the areas they move into, this is more often than not to engender positive feelings about the company, in other words a product of marketing, not conscious. The traditional role of government has been to mitigate the worst aspects of capitalism by providing oversight and by passing laws protecting its citizens against the extremes that a corporation may engage in to service their shareholders at the expense of the local population. And while I'm a capitalist, I'm also a big believer in strong government that protects its citizens against abuse. Ying and Yang balance each other. When one or the other get out of balance, there is trouble. No regulations are not the answer and restrictive unnecessary regulations stifle economic growth. Knowing where the balance point is, is what good governance is all about, something sadly lacking in washington and the US congress. |
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