The deeper questions are: If you don't bail out the big american banks, will the financial system collapse?
If you don't bail out the american auto makers, will the auto industry collapse? Yes. No. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Dan Sicko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just want to ask the question -- do you think the banks that were > bailed out made better business decisions than the Big 3 over the last > decade? > > -d > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM, theREAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No, but I don't have to. I worked there for 31 years - 28 of it right down >> on the assembly line. I know enough to say with authority that nobody made >> that kind of cash unless he or she worked some hefty overtime hours. On the >> 40 hours that I got most of the time, I pulled in right around 40k a year. >> Anyone who says anything else (and as I retied an International UAW-GM rep, >> I have some knowledge here) about the average guy on the line doing a normal >> work week is full of BS. I've read many an article which inflated our wages, >> our benefits, our time off, and what we made while laid off which spun some >> pretty tall tales. >> I'm not saying it wasn't a good paying job with excellent benefits. I'm >> saying don't believe everything you read about a job most people simply >> would not do (I'm talking the assembly line here). It can be an a$$kickingly >> hard place to work, and the jobs which aren't are few and far between these >> days. >> >> >> jeff >>> >>> Anyone remeber the article in the Free Press about the janitor at GM >>> making 60 or 70k a year when he retired? >>> >> >> > > > > -- > --------------------- > Dan Sicko > Editor, Moodmat > www.moodmat.com > -- --- Michael Kuszynski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.planerecordings.com New York, NY
