KIT, Matter of opinion. Most of those "alphabet agencies" are toothless tigers. The politicians in the executive and legislative branches at any given time can make those agencies impotent at will by under- funding them, putting an anti-labor person at their head, etc. etc. "Shaking down the working man"? Sounds like a description of Congress and politicians in general.
On May 3, 11:48 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Bull Hocky Holly, > > Unions are outdated. If we didn't have a huge, expansive, unconstitutional > federal government, I might tend to agree with you, but federal Departments > and Agencies like DOT, OSHA, Wage & Hour, EPA, HUD, etc., have replaced > everything that a Union once did. Now, they are nothing less than a > racketeer influenced organization, shaking down the working man in order to > maintain their existence. > > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Hollywood <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > dick, > > > Your late, we already discussed this. Scroll up and read the previous > > posts. > > They pay wages and benefits enough to give the employees no incentive > > to join the UAW. The unions must be kept strong enough to make that > > threat viable. Few corporations pay their workers a dime more than > > they feel they need to. > > > On May 3, 10:24 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good luck buying a Toyota built in Ohio. They are built in Kentucky. > > > Honda is built in Ohio. Most of the profitable car companies here now, > > > however, build in the southern states where they stand a chance of > > > building without the horrendous union contracts that did a lot to bring > > > down the old line car companies. And what Ford is built in Brazil? > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > > > dick, > > > > > Just an idle question for you. What do you consider an American car? > > > > I, for example, would buy a Toyota built in Ohio before i would buy a > > > > Ford built in Brasil. After all, an American worker is getting a good > > > > paycheck, good benefits, spending that paycheck in the community where > > > > he lives. > > > > > On May 1, 10:43 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/us/politics/01obama.html?_r=1&th&em...quoted > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
