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Thread #99746   Message #2079202
Posted By: Dickey
17-Jun-07 - 08:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
Words of wisdom by Kipp:

"If you give someone a fish they eat for a day , If you teach them to fish they eat for a life time and then make they can teach someone else to fish"

You others who are so busy trying to prove that I am some sort of enemy should spend your time and animosity trying to figure out the root causes of poverty and what can be done about them rather than persue your class warfare agenda.

Yes there are some Boss Hoggs out there feeding on poor people. Is it too much trouble to sort them out? Do the Unions care? I think the unions see a corporation as a target and whip up controversy between the company and the workers for their personl gain. What has this done to Detroit? It is the most crime ridden country in the US. Good job Unions. You bled that one to death. Toyota will soon be #1. Will they be the next target?

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger says his union is still interested in helping to organize workers at Toyota's U.S. facilities, despite having been unsuccessful so far.

In fact, he said he wants to help the world's No. 2 automaker "continue to be a success."

Uh, oh! It's no wonder that Toyota isn't exactly jumping for joy at the prospects. They've done just fine without the UAW, and probably don't need the UAW to come to its "rescue."

Consider what has befallen General Motors, Ford and Chrysler the past few years. The UAW has certainly helped them continue to be successful, hasn't it?

And thanks to the union, GM has given its workers more than $73 billion in benefits over the past 10 years, according to a Newsweek article. Which in turn means has meant $1,200 of every car GM sells goes toward health care costs. In contrast, Toyota's health care costs are about $200 per car.

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=239002&pub=1&div=News

Yeah, I got a problem with overhead when it is totally wasted. It is another case of "You people are not capable of surviving in this world without us"