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Re: It wasn't the workers or the unions who've made
Posted by Brian Griffin (more from Brian Griffin) on Sat, 6 Jun 2009 05:47:31
In Reply to: It wasn't the workers or the unions who've made, No Snaab, Sat, 30 May 2009 14:12:13
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THE TRAGEDY OF THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY:A Play in Three Acts (from Balloon-Juice.com)
Dramatis Personae
BIG THREE, a manufacturer of automobiles
UAW, Big Three’s employee
MITT ROMNEY, an idiot
ACT ONE
BIG THREE: I have plans to build automobiles, but I need labor to do so!
UAW: I will labor for you if you will pay me $40 per hour.
BIG THREE: I will not pay you $40 per hour.
UAW: But I need to save for my inevitible retirement, and any health concerns that may arise.
BIG THREE: I will pay you $30 per hour, plus a generous pension of guaranteed payments and health care upon your retirement.
UAW: Then I agree to work for you!
ACT TWO
UAW: I am building cars for you, as I have promised to do!
BIG THREE: I am designing terrible cars that few people want to buy! Also, rather than save for UAW’s inevitible retirement when I will have to pay him the generous pension of guaranteed payments and health care that I promised, I am spending that money under the dubious assumption that my future revenues will be sufficient to meet those obligations.
ACT THREE
UAW: I have fulfilled my end of the deal by building the automobiles that you have asked me to build.
BIG THREE: Oh no! I am undone! My automobiles are no longer competitive due to my years of poor planning and poor judgment!
MITT ROMNEY: This is all UAW’s fault!
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Posts in this Thread:
- GM bankruptcy = "depression"?, rob 94 aero, Fri, 29 May 2009 17:23:22
- GM no longer employes enough people to have this effect, MI-Roger , Sat, 30 May 2009 13:33:39
- The unions bankrupted GM..., Mike Lynch , Sat, 30 May 2009 13:30:09
- hmm it really wasn't just the Unions, ryan , Sun, 31 May 2009 15:19:24
- The unions bankrupted GM... with management help, Noel, Sun, 31 May 2009 06:36:26
- Yep, Jim, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:30:03
- Re: The unions bankrupt many places they dominate., BobS, Sat, 30 May 2009 23:01:20
- Re: The unions bankrupted GM..., KevinM, Sat, 30 May 2009 19:03:38
- Re: The unions bankrupted GM..., mikef, Sat, 30 May 2009 18:02:42
- do what? (i do not intend this as a flame), repoSAAB, Sat, 30 May 2009 14:42:12
- It wasn't the workers or the unions who've made, No Snaab, Sat, 30 May 2009 14:12:13
- Graph of Unemployment by County - USDA Stats, andym, Sat, 30 May 2009 04:11:08
- You ought to live in Michigan, TG, Sat, 30 May 2009 03:35:03
- Actually, "throwing in the towel", is, for all intents, Lawrence, Fri, 29 May 2009 18:53:11
- Huh?, PGAero , Sat, 30 May 2009 12:36:45
- Re: GM bankruptcy = "depression"?, Simon S, Fri, 29 May 2009 18:04:19
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