Having seen some true master wood smiths in action, I grieve his loss of employment.
Yet another example of "trickle up poverty" induced by social engineering and political greed. Seems there have been several million deaths in wars through history over just such ignorance in leadership. Sad... truly sad.... On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:33 PM, clay <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > +1 > > BiL was employed at a local mega yacht builder until the tax the rich > thing hit. Hiring stopped at the company and work transitioned to > retrofits until there was just a skeleton crew left. His degree in the > shipwrights program came in handy enough that he was able to find > employment in a cabinet shop for a few years. Then the massive deflation > in the housing market took out the need for quality cabinetry. He has been > struggling for work, going from shop to shop for the past four years. > > clay > > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Larry T wrote: > > > Good point Rich - > > Back in the 90s the liberals managed to pass a "Tax the rich' bill - > following that, many boatyards closed and laid off workers - may extreme > craftsmen who had to find other work. Often that talent is lost forever. > The rich buy new boats - like G-650s - and all the people in the income > stream benefit from them buying stuff. I bought a used Catalina 27 back > in the late 90s and the only one who benefited was the salesman... it's > just not the same, but the rich must buy the new stuff so the used stuff > will be around. > > > > It's the same will all kinds of new things we take for granted. Remember > when 40" TVs came out and sold for $3000-$5000? Only the rich would buy > them but by doing so they drove the price down to the point us normal > people can afford them. > > > > Trickle Down really works but the liberals try to criticize it because > it doesn't fit their agenda. > > > > Sincerely, > > Larry > > > > On 1/26/2014 9:45 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: > >> I had dinner with my cousin last night. Her husband works for > Gulfstream in Savannah. They build G-650s there, which start at $65mil. > If one were to order one today it would take at least 3 years to get it. > He says there are people who pull out their checkbook to try to buy out > someone further up the queue. These are likely rich folks or corporations. > >> > >> So Gulfstream have 5 or 6 factories around the country, all working > flat out to build various aircraft. That $65mil and whatever the others > cost employs thousands of people, supports various other industries, keeps > the economies of their home communities going, and must add at least that > value to their buyers in some ways. Oh, and to run one costs a fair amount > of the purchase price each year, requires many pilots, hangars, fuel, > maintenance etc etc which also keeps the economy going. And apparently did > quite well even over the past few years. > >> > >> So, seems to me like rich folks and corporations have positive effects > as well, whatever vilification the various politicos want to heap on them. > Hell, I'd like to buy a G-650 and trod down all y'all. > >> > >> --R (sent from my miniPad) > >> > >> On Jan 26, 2014, at 6:27 PM, "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Here's a thought: Has the billionaire's wealth impoverished us (normal > >> folks) in any way? It's a mixed bag. Certainly the banking clowns that > >> walked away with the real estate bubble money plus the bailout money > made us > >> all poorer. But other billionaires like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Sam > >> Walton, and MANY others have made most of us richer, or at least > enriched > >> our lives. It doesn't have to be a zero-sum game. The invisible hand > does > >> as good a job sorting this out as much as the government (picking > winners > >> and losers) does a bad job. Besides, look at how these very rich use > their > >> wealth. Certainly some are frivolous but there are also the Carnegies, > >> Dukes, etc. who feel a high calling to use their enormous wealth for the > >> common good. > >> > >> Sure, there are a few very rich people in the world, but why is that a > >> problem? > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
