"Ben Dover" > wrote in message
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> "Robert Sturgeon" > wrote in message
> ...
> : On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:08:34 -0700, "Ben Dover"
> : > wrote:
> :
> : >
> : >"North" > wrote in message
> : .. .
> : >: On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:22:02 GMT, R. David Steele
> : >: > said:
> : >:
> : >: >On 09 Jan 2004 12:53:54 GMT, atespam
> : >: >(Halcitron) wrote:
> : >
> : >:
> : >: People here need to quit expecting to earn 20 bucks an hour for a job
> : >: that is only worth 10 bucks an hour, no wonder all the jobs are going
> : >: overseas.
> : >:
> : >:
> : >
> : >That's pure horse****; you are part of the problem if you buy that line
> of
> : >crap. Example: Ford sells a truck for $25,000. It is made in the U.S.
> with
> : >pricey union labor. Ford outsources the truck to Mexico where the labor
> : >costs are about 25% of the U.S. rate. Ford sells the outsourced truck
in
> : >the U.S. for $26,000.
> : >
> : >When everyone is finally reduced to Wart Mart wages (a Rethuglican wet
> : >dream) who will be buying the $26,000 vehicle?
> :
> : If everyone is finally reduced to Wal*Mart wages, no one
> : will be buying $26,000 vehicles. Do you really think it's
> : possible to reduce everyone to Wal*Mart wages? How? What
> : about the people who don't work for wages?
> :
> : My best guess is that Ford is not faced with the prospect of
> : running out of customers for their $26,000 vehicles.
> :
> : --
> : Robert Sturgeon,
> : proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy
> : and the evil gun culture.
>
> Well take a look at wage growth, or lack thereof. Yes, quiz kid, it's a
> very real possibility that we might end up not being able to buy $26,000
> vehicles at the rate household income is dropping. Of course we can
> continue racking up personal debt at a rate never before seen in the
> history of this country. Your simplistic denial of reality affirms your
> membership in the vast reich wing club of unthinking sheeple. BTW, true
to
> your ilk's fashion, I notice you neatly sidestepped my point about
> corporate amerika pocketing the savings in exporting jobs to third world
> sweatshops. Jesus, you make Stevie Wonder look like he has 20/20 vision.

Everbody is out to get the best deal possible while maintaining a lifestyle
level.. expectations are that lifestyle will improve by a nominal %age each
year, almost regarded as a right.. maybe corporate America and the US people
expect too much..