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25 Oct 06 - 06:35 PM (#1868657) Subject: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: GUEST,AmericanPayBackIsSweet! Maul Wart is now on the forefront of neo-slave economics. Chinese sweat shops are NOT paying a wage but supplying food and shelter to workers. Isn't it time Mudcat, a folks Folkzine, stopped giving these monsters and their hired PR ( Old Guy ) free advertising? |
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25 Oct 06 - 09:41 PM (#1868758) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: The Fooles Troupe It's just that China undercut all the previous Asian "stealers of US jobs"... |
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25 Oct 06 - 09:52 PM (#1868769) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: Ron Davies Are you kidding? Do you think Mual Wart couldn't hire a better flack than "Old"--one who could write coherent sentences had graduated from the second grade, and might be capable of reading what he himself posted? It seems a reasonable request. |
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25 Oct 06 - 09:54 PM (#1868772) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: Ron Davies "write coherent sentences, had graduated" |
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25 Oct 06 - 10:06 PM (#1868779) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: The Fooles Troupe "supplying food and shelter to workers." Reminds me - Mr Henry Ford did such radical things - and was criticised for greatly improving the lot of his workers at the time... |
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25 Oct 06 - 10:34 PM (#1868794) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: Don Firth Well, actually, though, Henry Ford was criticized for paying his workers $5.00 a day--an unheard of wage at the time. Other industrialists had a hissy-fit because they thought Ford was setting a horrible example, i.e., when the word got around, their workers would want good wages too! But Ford was no dummy. He figured that it was just smart business to pay his workers enough so they could afford to buy the automobiles they were making. Don Firth |
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26 Oct 06 - 03:19 PM (#1869328) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: Greg F. Don't set Henry up as Mother Theresa just yet- aside from the fact that his pay rates were in his own best interest, he also had some little quirks like invading & controlling every aspect of his workers' lives e.g. those "cute" unannounced domiciliary visits, etc. |
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26 Oct 06 - 03:35 PM (#1869343) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: jeffp But he did us all a favor by inventing charcoal briquettes. |
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27 Oct 06 - 01:03 AM (#1869693) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: Don Firth No nomination for sainthood. Henry's generosity was strictly a matter of self-interest. Don Firth |
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27 Oct 06 - 07:53 AM (#1869843) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: The Fooles Troupe Which is what I meant... |
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28 Oct 06 - 02:16 AM (#1870589) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: GUEST,Obie Henry was a capitalist who understood socialism. If his workers were fairly paid and healthy they would work harder and be more productive. I suppose it was win/win . He kept the price of his cars low so they would sell to working people because he understood that they were his biggest potential market. Not rocket science but far above the limited mentality of most capitalists of his day. |
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28 Oct 06 - 09:25 AM (#1870709) Subject: RE: BS: Mual Wart's Chinese Slave Labor Problem From: Greg F. The monopoly capitalists of Henry Ford's day were not of "limited mentality" by any means. They WERE, however, venal, immoral, crooked, grasping, and greedy. Pretty much like the monopoly capitalists of today. |