[AT] Union Labor

[DAVID BRUCE]

Enough already!

David
ps. at this point I don't really care anymore!


> Lewis, you are entitled to your opinion but in MY opinion you have beat
> this subject to death.  You said we need to get back to tractors but you
> continue to argue for the unions making post after post that has kept
> this thread going far too long.  How about just dropping the subject!
> You are not going to change most folks minds about unions or Wal-Mart
> and it is apparent nothing is going to change your mind, so lets just
> let it die.
>
> Gerald
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis R Godena" <louisgodena at ids.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Union Labor
>
>
>> Well, it won't do for people, including me, to make inaccurate or even
>> asinine statements and then say, child-like, "back to tractors".
>>

 Unions did not destroy the old tractor companies.   Farm implement
>> manufacturers were coming and going long before there were even
>> unions.    Far fewer tractors are required in America than in 1940, or
>> in 1960.   Less than 22% of the manpower is required to produce a farm
>> tractor compared to four decades ago.  We have a major problem in this
>> country, namely; the lack of tenable jobs.  And it's going to get a
>> lot worse unless something is done. Sniffing the behinds of corporate
>> vultures like Wal Mart in the hope that
> at
>> least you and yours will be fed is a losing proposition.   As long as
> these
>> people are in power, they will make sure that there will ALWAYS be
>> someone willing to work for less than your wife or you or those who
>> come after
> you.
>>
>> Wait and see.
>>
>> Louis G
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan Glass" <dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Union Labor
>>
>>
>> > You are a lucky man to have them so close. I am sure your property
> values
>> > have increased because of them.  I will continue to shop at
>> America's favorite store and you can keep paying for ineptness of
>> the union shops and we will live happily ever after.  But you do owe
>> it to yourself to
> go
>> > into one and see the pain and suffering for yourself.  They got this
>> big by giving people what they want at a fair price. Several of the
>> old tractor companies might still be alive and well if the unions
>> didn't
> keep
>> > them from doing the same thing. Now back to tractors.
>> >
>> > Louis R Godena wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dan writes:
>> >>
>> >>> The biggest reason you may not shop there is because there must
>> not
> be
>> >>> one near you. Since when do we only buy only what we need.  I
>> would
> bet
>> >>> 99% of the people on this list own tractors that they do not need.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> You're right.   There isn't "ONE" near me.   There are TWELVE
>> within a
> 30
>> >> minute drive (look it up; I live in Cumberland, Rhode Island),
> including
>> >> one within WALKING DISTANCE of my home.  And yes, I own tractors,
>> and
> not
>> >> all of which I need, but I did not have to be a party to others'
>> suffering by owning them.
>> >>
>> >> Now, and with a nod to Gene, can we talk about something else?!
>> >>
>> >> Louis G
>> >>
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