Re: Thousands of new Mazdas destroyed
OK - You first:
Take a 50% cut in pay, give up your home and get rid of your cars.
Or is it just everybody else who is overpaid and has too much stuff?
...That's what I thought.
I bust my balls for 60 - 80 hours a weeks to live like I do - I don't live high on the hog - a three-bedroom bungalow and a playtoy car - both of which I owe money on. I often work shifts that are longer than most people's work week, so unfortunately, I'm not real willing to start giving up lifestyle because the likes of you say I don't deserve it.
Read my earlier post. I truly believe that every citizen in every nation on the earth should have the opportunity to do as well as I have, assuming they want to work as hard as I have.
But why can these nations can continue to pump garbage into the air and water while our factories are saddled with ever-increasing environmental restrictions? And why do many of these nations continue to ignore the most basic workplace safety? And why is is acceptable for them to blatently rip off other peoples patents and designs while we have to practice good stewardship in these areas. How is it that they they can kill our pets with poisoned food and deliver to market dangerous toys and yet the only people that seem to be punished for it are the American companies that imported it? For that matter - why is it that many of these places restrict our products access to their markets while demanding our borders be open to theirs?
Deal with that stuff and I think you will find a lot less people complaining about outsourcing and trade imbalance - because there is a least a chance to compete. Wages are just one small part of the puzzle.
You are right on one thing: We have done this to ourselves - by being a bunch of self-centered, spineless pansies and allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of on a global scale. So if Mazda loses a boatload of cars, I'm not going to be broken-hearted.
Originally posted by dagenesta
Take a 50% cut in pay, give up your home and get rid of your cars.
Or is it just everybody else who is overpaid and has too much stuff?
...That's what I thought.
I bust my balls for 60 - 80 hours a weeks to live like I do - I don't live high on the hog - a three-bedroom bungalow and a playtoy car - both of which I owe money on. I often work shifts that are longer than most people's work week, so unfortunately, I'm not real willing to start giving up lifestyle because the likes of you say I don't deserve it.
Read my earlier post. I truly believe that every citizen in every nation on the earth should have the opportunity to do as well as I have, assuming they want to work as hard as I have.
But why can these nations can continue to pump garbage into the air and water while our factories are saddled with ever-increasing environmental restrictions? And why do many of these nations continue to ignore the most basic workplace safety? And why is is acceptable for them to blatently rip off other peoples patents and designs while we have to practice good stewardship in these areas. How is it that they they can kill our pets with poisoned food and deliver to market dangerous toys and yet the only people that seem to be punished for it are the American companies that imported it? For that matter - why is it that many of these places restrict our products access to their markets while demanding our borders be open to theirs?
Deal with that stuff and I think you will find a lot less people complaining about outsourcing and trade imbalance - because there is a least a chance to compete. Wages are just one small part of the puzzle.
You are right on one thing: We have done this to ourselves - by being a bunch of self-centered, spineless pansies and allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of on a global scale. So if Mazda loses a boatload of cars, I'm not going to be broken-hearted.
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