[AT] Union Labor

[Louis R Godena]

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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