Pete Theisen <> wrote: > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 21:31, Stephen the Cook wrote: >> Pete Theisen <> wrote: >>> On Wednesday 15 November 2006 18:55, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> Am I missing something? >>> Hi Ricardo! >>> Well, yes you are. The wages will go up if they can only hire >>> American and sell American. But the high wages in this eventuality >>> are paid to Americans so the Americans will be able to buy the >>> higher priced goods and services. -- >> >> Sounds like you are way off base Pete. >> >> As the wages rise so do the cost of goods. That translates to higher >> prices at market. You pay more. > > Hi Stephen! > > Henry Ford paid $5 per day for factory workers. He was the first to > do it. > Everyone told him that as well. If all the money isn't being sent > overseas or across the border as it is now . . . --
He also thought that he owned your life and could dictate how you lived when not at work. So the guy was a kook on two fronts? Ford didn't pay more for American workers instead of outsourcing. He was trying to keep a workforce in a very tough environment. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.6/535 - Release Date: 11/15/2006 _______________________________________________ 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 ** 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.
