$7.25 an hour is not a living wage (Well Duh?!!)
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Well I don't blame you. I wouldn't favor me either if I was pressing me to substantiate my baseless statements. Carry on.
/MSG/
Uwaa OmO
How many years have you worked in manufacturing again?
Sammy Jankis
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Same number as the number of times I did your mom in a row last week.
Yes it is dimwit; it is your constant anti-Capitalist Marxist canard about those evil bankers and Capitalists. It is the spam of the uninforemd and clueless who run about parroting idiot talking points in a vacuum of intelligence and comprehension.
It isn't a few factories dimwit; it is a BUNCH running the gamut from BMW to Toyota. You see, they are discovering that by bypassing the UNION bastions in the Northeast and Michigan, they can more cost effectively produce cars here without the HUGE shipping costs.
Many foreign companies build and maintain huge corporate offices here in the US filled with good paying white color jobs to help manage their sales and production.
Being stuck on stupid, your UNION mantras prevent you from seeing and comprehending; therefore you parrot stupid talking points like a trained circus monkey stuck on stupid.
Weak Dollar Boosts Foreign Manufacturing in U.S.
March 12, 2008 6:00 AM
The dollar's slide against the euro means making goods in Europe for U.S. consumers is more expensive, so German automaker BMW is expanding its operations in America.
Sennheiser, another Germany company which makes often-expensive microphones and headsets, has been manufacturing products in New Mexico for years and may expand U.S. operations further.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88132222
Last year, Honda built more cars at its Alabama, Indiana and Ohio facilities than it did in Japan — 826,440 versus 710,621, according to data from Automotive News and the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. It's the first time Honda's U.S. production topped production in its home country.
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It's a science that Honda's contemporaries have not felt compelled to learn. Five Japanese automakers — Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Subaru — assemble cars in the U.S. In 2011, they built nearly 1.6 million light-duty vehicles here.
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BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen operate four passenger-vehicle assembly plants in the U.S., compared to a dozen plants for Japan-based automakers. The first German plant — BMW's Spartanburg, S.C., facility - opened up in 1994. By then, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, facility had been churning out Accords and Civics for 12 years.
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"Producing in one region and selling in another is not always the best approach, when taking into consideration supply lines, shipping costs, differing regulatory standards and — particularly — consumer preferences," Duncan said. " 'Investing where the market is' appears to be a common, but not exclusive, strategy for most of the world's auto companies."
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/...wned-carmakers-build-the-most-in-america.html
Despite longstanding talk of the decline in U.S. manufacturing, plenty of foreign automotive firms have been setting up plants throughout the United States, which offers a number of competitive advantages, according to Jonathan Browning, president and chief executive officer of the Volkswagen Group of America who spoke at the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington on May 13.
http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?o...nsplants-fuel-us-car-manufacturing&Itemid=428
Millions of Americans work for foreign companies operating in the United States, but their stories are rarely told. As the country pulls out of a devastating recession, foreign employers could help revive the economy.
While they haven’t been immune from the recession, foreign-owned companies in the United States have a work force of more than 5.3 million, or some 3.5 percent of all workers, and are spread across the 50 states in sectors from manufacturing to retail and publishing. If these jobs did not exist, the nation’s unemployment rate would be above 13 percent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/business/18excerpt.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Investment and job creation by European companies in the United States is very substantial. Companies like ABB, Electrolux, Siemens, Holcim, Zurich Insurance, Allianz, Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen, Novarties, Nestle and many others have created thousands of jobs here in the USA. Sometimes, it appears, that as American companies move elsewhere with their manufacturing, European, Korean and Japanese companies establish themselves as the major manufacturing employers in this country.
http://www.jobline.net/euusa1.htm
In other words; none. Let's face it; you're a clueless, unemployed, uneducated twit who parrots the moronic talking points of your union masters.
Dimwit.
Wrong again dimwit; but making lunatic repugnant assertions not based on fact but merely blissful ignorance is your forte'.
You're a moron of the highest order who spams these forums with inane stupidity for no better purpose than removing all doubt what an incredibly repugnant moron you are.
Once again thank you for being that constant reminder of how dimwits like Obama can get elected and re-elected.
Sammy Jankis
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Face yourself. Look into the mirror and then puke, like your mother did when she first saw you.
Sammy Jankis
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It's still just a drop in the bucket. that means its not enough to offset the losses in other industries.
/MSG/
Uwaa OmO
So zero. Ok. Yeah, you sure know about manufacturing don't you?
Index it to CEO pay after raising it to $10. If you are going to index it to inflation (whatever that means given the way the government, specifically Obama but since Reagan has chosen to define or measure inflation) then it better be put at $15 or more. Because it is going to be destroyed pretty damn fast if they start cutting all the things that are rising out of the list of articles they use to determine inflation. Hell, there could be some years when the wage would drop if they took enough things out of the basket of items that they are using to determine the rate of inflation. That's the new model, link it to inflation, it sounds seductive but it's a burn for workers because it still doesn't keep up with prices, it only keeps up with inflation, which is not the same thing!
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This is just the same old platitude that the right uses every time you mention raising the minimum wage, you can quote various studies until you are green they just go on and on about it. The right generally finds facts superfluous. And the more the facts counter their position the more superfluous the right finds them.
I see your point what difference would it make, they certainly have no problem doubling CEO salaries every 5-8 years or so!
Sammy Jankis
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And you tell us nova. Why not 30/hr. Im fine with it. In all seriousness.
What would the horrible outcome be? Business operate on loans anyway.
What would the horrible outcome be? Business operate on loans anyway.
/MSG/
Uwaa OmO
Do you know what inflation is?
Translation:
I have a dream of never having to reach higher than McDonald's crew to make a living!
evince
Truthmatters
hahahahahahahaha
do you know that these entities own property and would likely like mone plan better than yours fool
I know you blindly attack great companies, but never landlords.
Still waiting on your issues you agree with the right on!
Partisan hacks are centrist compared to you
Sammy Jankis
Was it me?
Yes. I do. ANd we're currently inflating like crazy right now too, but only the Friends of The Financial Sector group get access to the new money. My way is more fair. Companies will have to work to get the dollars of the people. It's more fair. Trust me.