tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post9154199420899787964..comments2024-02-12T04:30:53.556-05:00Comments on Tim White Listens: Spreading the wealth (around the world)Tim Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16588518063096822071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-62391661420080871152009-01-27T09:43:00.000-05:002009-01-27T09:43:00.000-05:00"right now GM is hanging by a thread anyway"Yes, G..."right now GM is hanging by a thread anyway"<BR/><BR/>Yes, GM's labor costs are higher than they should be, but you just can't blame the workers and management for everything. Nobody talks about the high costs related to government mandates, worker safety, clean air and water, social security and on and on. In addition are the high costs of taxes that pay for bloated federal, state and local governments. Compare the salaries and benefits of government workers to that of the private sector and I'm sure you will find that these people are ahead of the curve. Government workers are the most unionized group in the country. Why should government workers work 35 hours instead of 40 like the private sector?<BR/><BR/> What is the actual hourly rate of teachers who actually work less than 180 days a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-31080700328767715952009-01-25T23:34:00.000-05:002009-01-25T23:34:00.000-05:00"You see product made with cheap foreign labor tha..."You see product made with cheap foreign labor that sell for the same prices as if they were produced with U.S labor."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you haven't noticed what happened to a manufacturing industry that tried selling stuff made by workers paid unionized US wages...How's GM doin these days? <BR/><BR/>I'm sure if the Chinese manufactured GM's cars the price would be dramatically less. Now , the quality might suffer, but, right now GM is hanging by a thread anywayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-7389210349560680982009-01-25T20:20:00.000-05:002009-01-25T20:20:00.000-05:00I don't think selling gold is the real problem.The...I don't think selling gold is the real problem.<BR/><BR/>The real problem has been greedy CEO's who have given away America's jobs and technology. For our currency to have value, it has to be backed by the production of goods that the rest of the world wants. <BR/><BR/>When you buy a product that is not made in this country, you are weakening the dollar and sending jobs out of the country. <BR/><BR/>We can thank the Walmarts, Targets and all of the other big box stores for killing our economy. You see product made with cheap foreign labor that sell for the same prices as if they were produced with U.S labor. Where does all that profit go? <BR/><BR/>Forget the Gold Standard and work to return manufacturing to the U.S. It all starts with us, the buyers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com