I found this great blog about the Boeing decision to leave Washington State
BIG BOEING STORY
of course he does.
it will force the state to have even less money to spend on infrastructure, education, etc.
nothing less than destruction of a functioning society seems to be the endgame.
Posted by: mike on October 29, 2009 11:10 AM@5: I do this for free. My work schedule tends to be quite feast or famine, and I'm behind a desk for about 14 hours a day regardless, so taking a break to check up on my favorite lunatics is a nice distraction.
And "banned from the public blog"? Why? Because I offend your delicate sensibilities?
Posted by: demo kid on October 29, 2009 03:27 PMYeah...RIGHT! You work 14 hours a day. Blah, Blah, Blah. With your Credibility at ZERO, who would take the risk of believing you to begin with? After all...You're a Liberal!
i think he was referring to boeing moving towards a region w/ a $14/hr prevailing wage (less than costco)
just because you can capitalize liar, you're not really making any sense or telling the Truth.
demo, reality and facts offend their sensibilities.
Posted by: mike on October 29, 2009 04:14 PMIn Washington State, BECAUSE of unions.
@9: The meaning presented, was that the Boeing machinist were making less money than, the employees at Costco which they are not.
In South Carolina, BECAUSE of a lack of unions.
And Taliban Dan, STOP CALLING ME A LIAR. You have no basis for that. None whatsoever.
Posted by: demo kid on October 30, 2009 10:53 AMYes, it is because of Unions, their excessive demands, their strikes, along with Government's excessive taxation, regulations that has for years, stimulated Boeing to be in the process of relocating. These excesses are chasing the Golden Goose that lays the Golden Eggs and others to leave the State. This is all thanks to excessive Unions and excessive Government stealing more from the producers/private sector of Society than can be sustained or required. Runaway Unions and runaway Governments are rapidly Destroying America. We are less and less able to compete in the World's economy. Excessive Unions and Governments are like a CANCER...It is eating us ALIVE!
Face it... you have no proof that I've lied. You're just insane.
And make no mistake... Boeing would ship its operations to China and have their planes assembled by workers paid $1/hour if they could. In a zero-sum game like that, where South Carolina is willing to subsidize operations on top of providing a meek, terrified labor force ready to work for chump change in a low cost-of-living craphole, do you propose that we lower wages so that the planes you fly on are assembled by folks making less than people working the checkout at Costco?
But hey... why care about workers, right?
Posted by: demo kid on October 30, 2009 02:23 PMYou can't equate that we live in a competitive World. That there must be a balance between a worker's pay and the resulting production. That the Government's runaway growth will steal, in time, the producer's/worker's earnings to the point of economic Collapse. How do you think Rome fell? It was runaway Bureaucracy/Government resulting in unsustainable high Taxes. It reached the point that Roman Citizens were selling themselves into Slavery because, the burden of Taxes was too great. After all, Slaves didn't have to pay Taxes. It reached the point that the Roman Citizens were not that apposed to being invaded to hopefully have some relief from being enslaved by high taxes by the Government of Rome. Naah...The examples of ancient, recent and current ongoing history serves no wake-up call to a Liberal. Even, the destruction of America, the Liberal will still not know what happen.
Yes, I do care about the workers/producers. They are the ones who produce the Wealth of a Nation. The Government is the one who doesn't produce Wealth but, only spends it and if left unchecked, will spend this Nation into Oblivion. Without, the productivity from the workers/producers, we as a Nation will collapse. The only cure, is to rein in Government and the Unions who are the enemies and destroyers of this Nation. The cure is to reduce Government, outlaw Unions within Government and reclaim our rightful portion of earnings and our full right to Liberty. Does any of this make any sense to you? Of course it doesn't...You're a Liberal!
yer making less and less sense these days. might it be you that's a confused Joke?
of course slaves didn't pay taxes. they didn't earn money. are you an idiot?
Posted by: mike on October 30, 2009 05:28 PMThat there must be a balance between a worker's pay and the resulting production.
What's that balance, Taliban Dan? Tell me. Seriously. I want to know. If a tradesman working at Boeing is making $30k a year for some pretty intense manual labor, and is trying to support a family and save for retirement, what balance is that between "worker's pay and the resulting production"?
You may despise unions, but tell me... how much power does an individual worker have in a laughably named "right-to-work" state to negotiate anything remotely close to a good wage? If you're so concerned about watching out for the workers/producers, why are you feeding them to the wolves?
And don't give me some cockamamie bullcrap about "corrupt unions". Corporations are just as -- if not more than! -- corrupt, and they have no incentive to provide better wages for their employees if they don't need to.
Posted by: demo kid on October 30, 2009 05:47 PMWith respect to your "proof", I have yet to see proof that you're not some fat blubbering moron sitting in your mom's basement.
And of course a "vast majority of good wage earners in the private sector are not Union members". Unions are far more applicable when businesses can decide to undercut (or threaten to undercut) wages in a much broader labor market. That doesn't mean that the folks working at such a job are getting a fair wage, or can afford to live on what they're making.
But hey... you'd much rather see poor folks that aren't doctors get what they deserve, right?
Posted by: demo kid on October 31, 2009 08:02 AMWith Federal, State and local taxes and taxes that have been previously applied to items bought, the average Citizens is paying over 50 percent of his earnings on taxes now. It has been computed that the cost of a loaf of bread has been raised upward to the consumer by one half because of taxes paid to produce that loaf of bread. From the farmer who pays taxes on the land and the seed to grow the wheat, to the taxes to purchase the farm machinery and buy the fuel to plow and plant and harvest the wheat. Also, included are the taxes collected on the equipment to ship the wheat, processes in the making of bread and the taxes on wages paid to all those involved with the process from start to finish. Does this example give you any idea how insidious, destructive and criminal, runaway taxes from a runaway Big Government is in Stealing the Citizenry Blind. Add that to runaway regulations and restrictions to your Liberty and you'll find that Big Government along with Government Unions is America's greatest internal Enemy. But, you're a Liberal and you Stupidly support runaway Unions and Big Government. In fact, the bigger the better.
It is well known, that Unions have done much more damage to the economy and the destruction of jobs by far, than any good it has done. Let's see...The American auto industry, the Steel industry, the Mining industry, the Garment industry and threatening to Kill our leadership in aviation. China, Japan, Brazil, Canada, EAD, are stepping up to the plate. Do you think that Government and the Unions can't destroy Boeing's ability to compete with it's competitors? If you think not...Better think AGAIN!
Bottom Line: With any Business, Businesses need good people. To retain good people you pay them a good wage. Plus, you have to be able to weed out the bad with expediency. With the Union in command, you can't weed out the bad with expediency and sometimes you can't weed out the bad at all. A Unionized work force Kills the flexibility in administrating the workforce making it expensive and difficult to run a successful competing viable business. A Communist controlled State can be considered one Giant Union controlled State and we know how wonderful it is to live in Cuba where even a plastic bag is coveted.
And sure, I don't doubt that we pay taxes, both directly and indirectly along the supply chain. But let's see... tax money is being funneled INTO subsidies for farmers, our defense budget is used to protect oil supplies around the world, and local, state and federal money are used to build the roads and highways to bring those products to market. State and federal budgets money to research to improve crop yields,
But hey... whine all you want. If we never had those taxes, we'd be a Third World country. And when I say that, I mean that in all honesty. Our position as a superpower is based on the infrastructure and R&D that we conduct from that money.
And if you think that the steel, auto, mining and garment industries could survive the excessively low wage rates of Third-World countries, you've got another thing coming. As it is, the threat of outsourcing puts unions (and wages) at risk... but thinking that the solution is to pay the folks that assemble places $9/hour and throwing them away like rubbish if you have the slightest issue with them is unethical.
But I keep arguing with you, and all you do is play up your poor feelings of victimization and assume that you know a damn thing about what you're talking about.
"If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, "We see"; therefore your sin remains."
Pride's a sin, Taliban Dan.
Posted by: demo kid on October 31, 2009 11:58 AMah, that's about all repukes are good for, these days, DK.
Posted by: mike on October 31, 2009 10:09 PMOur position as a Superpower is based on small effective Government, low taxes so, Citizen spending and investments can remain strong to support a strong Economy and a viable Dollar. Liberal support of Big Government, Excessive Taxes and more Regulatory stealing of Liberty is what is destroying this Nation.
Wages have to be reasonable within the constraints and competitiveness of the Market. You can't have overly high wages and expect to produce products that are salable. Without salable products produced, the business will be forced to close its doors with the resulting loss of jobs that were provided by the business. Businesses know that without good paying jobs, the sale of their products would be vastly reduced or simply unaffordable. For proof of this common understanding, here's an historic Example: Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, brought into play the first $5 workday of the industry. Why? So, more people could afford to buy his cars. Get it? Naah...You're a Liberal!
moron.
Our position as a Superpower is based on small effective Government, low taxes
riiiight. cos when we actually were a super power, what were the tax rates? you really want to bring back eisenhower's tax rates? i'd be game.
you really have no grasp of history or reality, do you danielle?
Posted by: mike on November 1, 2009 10:24 AMespecially since there is no god.
Posted by: mike on November 1, 2009 04:09 PMwe've been down this road 100 times.
either you are getting dumber and dumber, or you keep forgetting you post under different names here...
Posted by: mike on November 2, 2009 08:03 AMyou don't even know what you are saying.
you are an idiot.
there is no god, therefore all conservatives are also godless.
Posted by: mike on November 2, 2009 07:57 PMchrist, just the other day you actually stated that ann coulter had Wisdom.
seriously, danielle. and what is blabing?
Posted by: mike on November 2, 2009 08:23 PMTry to realize...Conservatives are independent thinkers and are not Blind supporters of any Party. Naah...You're a Liberal and Liberals don't understand what independent thinking and Individualism is. Liberals are groupies. Liberals are the slave-minded that makes up the Collective. Liberals are Socialist...Nuff, said.
Conservatives are independent thinkers
danielle, spouting whatever nonsense rush or hannity tell you doesn't make you an independent thinker. i think you might want to pull out a dictionary and actually look up some words there.
liberals aren't selfish pricks, you got that right.
Posted by: mike on November 2, 2009 10:27 PM