Dave in VA
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What I don't get in several of the posts here is any sort of admission that mgmt has played a role in this predicament. I find that amazing and an extremely narrow view of the situation.
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That is not the goal of capitalism. The goal is to settle into the optimal mix of supply & demand. By its definitition, "ruling the markets" in capitalism is impossible, because once a monopoly is established, the monopolist's profits would be high enough to encourage new competition. Capitalism is very destructive to status quo that way.
My guess of Toyota's motives is a move to prop up the US automotive supply industry, not the big 3. Few people outside the industry are talking about the pain that the suppliers are going through, as the Big 3 are struggling. If the suppliers continue to do badly, that's bad news for Toyota's operations in the US.
It's pretty widely written that Toyota's motivation for doing this is so that "nationalistic feelings" are not aroused in the US. They fear the backlash from that would be worse. I wish I could site you a source off the top of my head but I can't. Google around and you'll find it.
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I get it, but weren't those benefits arrived at through bargaining? Bargaining involves both sides, no?
Then, who is it that's designing cars the public doesn't want (and are now blue light specials vis a vis employee pricing)? Does the union design cars? (See Malibu Maxx, soon to go away, see Saturn, Pontiac G6). Did the union make the decision to acquire Saab (overall market share declining)?
There's plenty of blame to go around at GM.
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Basically they came out yesterday, said they were doing so well that they may actually have to do things to harm their business to keep some of the American companies in business. So American car makers are being run into the ground over all the union perks, and now a foreign company may have to raise prices and do other things other things to allow them to "catch their breath".
Isn't it great that a well run company now has to damage itself just so it doesn't destroy any competition?
So American car makers are being run into the ground over all the union perks,
So are you absolving GM's management from having anything to do with their plight? Read some topics on GM management and golden parachutes and you'll see what I'm getting at. (Mind you, I'm not disagreeing that the unions are certainly part of the problem as well.)
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Best: D-Kennedy, FDR, Clinton
R-Reagan
Worst: Gotta be Nixon (I'm no crook). Funny how the neocons won't name the trickester as the worst ever.
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Try taking the longer view. The point is, a significant part of the us economy is represented by the stock market, indeed all financial markets. It's not just small business. Are you telling me that all's rosy in both sectors? The volatility in the financial markets is unlike anything we've seen in recent years. Again, go back to the original article and tell me what the "good news" is in there? The contributor cited that tax receipts were up. Well, yeah, that usually happens when the article covers the period when income taxes become due.
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Then how come your buddy Ken Star, who spend 30-some million of our dollars couldn't make any of this stick? 30 million bucks to prove our president lied about getting a BJ. Why don't you get upset about that? That's real.
Look, there's no point in wasting any more bandwidth on this topic. You are free to believe whatever you want to about this.
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And your point is? Look, the junk Nixon was accused of was small potatos to what he resigned over, no?
As to Vince Foster, knock yourself out hunting down conspiracy theories.
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Let me see, a wayward rich kid gets caught up in a scumbag gang and robs a bank. Not good. Deserves her fate. No question about it.
The President of the United States, the man at the top, is charged with committing high crimes and misdemeaone charges, including abusing the power of his office, failing to submit materials asked for by the Congress and the courts, and trying to stop the investigation into the Watergate affair. Not to mention all the other fun things he was accused of during his presidency.
The first is a serious crime, no doubt about it, but it doesn't undermine the foundation of our nation, like the second offense.
Perhaps it would have been better if Nixon HAD just robbed banks.
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actually I think that CBS should take a new approach. My suggestion is that they hire that nutjob jon stewert off of that cable channel that nobody watches, and bring him in to do the evening news. The audience will never know that anything has changed. They will simply believe what is said as fact because that is what they have been programed to do.
How 'bout that nutjob dennis miller. the guy who thinks he's funny?
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LA Times Article
Several of them concede that they have significant portions of their nest eggs in money market accounts, some of the lowest-returning investment vehicles available.
"I know it's utterly stupid," confessed George A. Akerlof, a UC Berkeley professor and 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in economics.
"I think very little about my retirement savings, because I know that thinking could make me poorer or more miserable or both," quipped 2002 Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University.
Amazing. Utterly stupifying. The award seems much less prestigious now.
Just think, if his retirement savings were in the stock market, he'd be even further behind now.
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So Delay takes a few plane tickets for a couple of grand. Unethical, probably, should he be reprimanded, probably.
But it seems old Hilary is responsible for a misappropriation of campaign funds in the amount of 700K.
Can we please elect people that are honest and not out for themselves first?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/09/cli...g.ap/index.html
Delay did what he did, of that there is no doubt. However, Judicial Watch, a conservative group with a history of going after the Clintons, hasn't proved anything. I think there's a difference there that you're not seeing.
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Politics as usual. People have soured on Bush & Company (gas prices out of sight, the handling of the Schaivo situation, religious test for judges, Social Security --you can go on and on) so they want to take it out on someone else. Even Richard Lugar admitted that Bolton is the most controverial Bush nominee.
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You can say anything you want about me, so long as you know what the consequences are.
You call me a piece of you-know-what and you'll know the consequences right away.
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I guess I didn't see your earlier question.
Who knows what Howard's thinking? He's saying this stuff to fire up his base. I doubt he thinks Repubs are evil in the sense that the Bible describes evil. I've called people evil, but certainly didn't mean it in the Biblical you're going to h*ll way. He called the Repubs corrupt and braindead. I would submit that most politicians are, at one time or another. These are not fightin words, at least not to me, at my advanced age.
Now, you come up to me and say f-you, and you're in trouble.
Cursing is worse in my book, slander would run somewhere behind it.
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I think the point that you are missing is this:
Cheney said this to someone in a somewhat private setting. Not that it was right, but it was directed at an individual (who probably deserved it).
Deans remarks are in open forums, and at public appearances: the way he is acting and the things he is saying are outrageous and simply stupid.
Again I contnue to ask the question: is there anyone out there who really thinks this is a good way for the party headed in reverse to attract new voters? I keep hearing that this fires up the base...well in case the folks on the left did not notice...your base is not enough!! To finally win an election you have to attract NEW voters. Is this guy and his tactics the way to do that? After all the MTV crowd did not turn out the way you expected them to, and that is clearly who this frat house crap is geared towards.
Let me put it to you this way. Someone comes up to you and says you are evil and/or corrupt, and/or brain dead. Or he says F-you. Pick the more egregious statement.
Your guys are trying to use what Dean said to sully his character. Do what you want. But I don't care to hear my VP tell a Senator F-you either. I don't think much of his character for doing that. Has nothing to do with where it was said.
See the difference now?
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I'd be willing to bet I've been on this planet a bit longer than you, and, no, I can't ever remember an incident like this. I'm sure strong language is spoken alot up there, but I don't ever remember hearing someone in such high office PUBLICLY using such language. Not that I even care all that much. But the point is, somehow you dismiss Cheney's language, and jump all over what Dean said. Let's not forget, Cheney has a position that carries a bit more stature than Dean, so that's why I'd expect him to behave accordingly.
Anyone see the writeup about Toyota
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Dude, it's pretty clear to me both parties are to blame here, so both parties need to be part of the solution. I'm not sure I follow what your point is -- I was only citing what some others were saying about Toyota's motivation. And FWIW,I used to buy only foreign, now my vehicles are GM, Ford, Ford, and Olds. I want to believe in us industry, trust me.