Actually it isn't that much less pay at the Japanese plants compared to the US plants. The big difference is that Japanese management makes WAY less than US management and Japanese Pension plans are WAY less.
************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Fri, 12/5/08, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Leland! Drive this! > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 4:32 PM > Leland Jackson wrote: > > If the big three go out of business, who do you think > will pick up the > > slack to met the USA demand for autos? I don't > see young start-up > > companies being able to move into the vacuum > previously occupied by > > large USA autos manufacturers geared towards mass > production. I would > > expect the demand for autos previously supplied by USA > companies to be > > meet by foreign companies operating both inside and > outside the USA, and > > the employment loses would create new jobs within the > remaining foreign > > manufacturers. > > > > I would hate to see the USA auto industry owned and > operated by > > companies outside the USA. > > > But Leland, those foreign car makers employ Americans RIGHT > HERE IN THE > US. Some of the folks laid off could get jobs over in > their plants, > allbeit for far less than their union wages were getting > them. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.

