They tried that with Solyndra. They lost 50 cents on every dollar they sold.
----- Original Message ----- From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [OT] How Gingrich will solve economic problems Michael Madigan wrote: > The biggest problem with us industry is regulation and not with labor. > Companies have so much red tape to build a factory that it's just easier to > do it in China. Hi Michael, We have more than a few existing facilities that are simply not used. The red tape has already been tied - years ago. If the unions play the card right they can export the red tape to the third world as well. It is not impossible that they could grow some nationalism for the good old USA! Part of the problem is that this has never even been suggested as far as I know. And, of course, me suggesting it is not anyone who is anyone suggesting it. > Adam Buckland wrote: >> AKA ... we need the rest of the world to be in the same sh*t as us so we >> look competitive.. > > Hi Adam, > > Automation is such that there isn't really enough work to justify the > kind of labor usage of a hundred years ago. The third world is cheaper > for manufacturers only because of Human Rights violations being ignored. > > I fail to see how raising wage and labor standards to modern levels > constitutes sh*t. > >> We need to get our US labor leaders to unionize the Third World. Sure, >> some of them will get their hands paralyzed like Walter Reuther, but >> these are times that call for heroes. >> >> Once the Third World is eating chicken whenever they like, working a 30 >> hour week for 30 years with 30 paid holidays per year and retiring >> comfortably after that 30 years - US wages and employment will recover. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
