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Old 03-13-2011 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Pragmatic1
I'm sure all of those things were players as well. But most corporations pay little in taxes due to the many loopholes. Exxon is a great example of this and despite record profit paid zero tax. I'm been to China and they definitley don't have any real environmental policies or lawyers to represent their workers. Perhaps that's the vision you have for America. Just like all those UAW jobs that once paid 80 to 90k Bubba and Billy Bob now do for 50 k and you think that's something to brag about. You must be a VP at FedEx because I don't understand why a hourly worker would brag about depression of wages. Perhaps we can get rid of our union so we too can make 40% less.
What you are ignoring it is not the 90K Hank and Ralph got for building a Nova (after a six pack lunch). It was the $5K penalty in life-time bennies government motors had to tack on to the cost of the nova that cost Hank his job. And Bubba gets the same wage as Ralph to build Tundra in TX or a bimmer in Greenville; but unlike Ralph he has to earn his money or they will hire Paco or Dewayne to take his place.