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Re: U.S. Auto Workers: "Wot Happened?
Joe wrote:
>> Stop and think. We're told this week that the average annual wage
>> for a Ford family production line worker is an astounding $65,000!
>> Where else in the world can an uneducated, ignorant, untalented,
>> unskilled slob who tightens bolts make anything approaching that
>> figure?
>
> Oh, that's easy - Japan! It's amazing isn't it? We're having trouble
> competing with people who have even higher wages than we do! It's just
> incredible. They produce Japanese cars in the U.S. because it's
> cheaper here! We (in the US) are their cheaper labor force.
Not even remotely wrong! Japan's autoworker's salaries don't even come
close to half of their American counterparts. They produce "Japanese cars
in the U.S. because it's cheaper here" is not a byproduct of autoworker's
salaries, but a direct result of import tariffs and "Fair Trade" policies
imposed by the US so we can compete. Japanese cars are *assembled* in the
US for the sole reason to get around these unfair taxes an tariffs that
would be added to the car once it hit the shore.
> Now just imagine you're in another industry, that competes with the
> Chinese!!! Sound fun? Detroit had it easy, believe me. Try to find a
> U.S. made TV. About half of the domestic car market is U.S.-made
> cars. What percent of the domestic market is held by American-made
> TV's? clothes? American-made telephones? Stereos? Hmm?
Yes, I agree Detroit had it easy with unfair Union protections for unskilled
and overpaid laborers and the auto industry as a whole basked in all the
protectionism from the US government to keep them afloat. There is no way
in hell that you or I can afford to buy American made products like TVs or
clothes because other countries like China are paying slave wages if they
are paying wages at all.
> Those of you tempted to reply to this obvious troll, please don't.
Troll or not he does bring up some very valid points. Maybe now these
overpaid workers will get a taste of reality when they have to get a job at
Home Depot for $12 an hour telling people what aisle the wax rings for the
toilet are in. As for the same old boring overpriced garbage Detroit is
putting out every year, they will now need to get their act together.
Welcome to the "New World Order" and the "Global Economy" and learn to live
with it.
Rita
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