[AT] Union Labor

Bill Thompson spud_thompson at toleartist.com
Mon Dec 5 13:59:28 PST 2005


Louis,   GET A Life
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Bill "Spud" Thompson
Katahdin Valley Farm
Sherman Mills, Maine
----- 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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