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<P>Ronald E. Kushner wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Josh Turner wrote:

<P>> flintoid wrote:
<BR>> >
<BR>> > Look, if we justify exorbitant exec salaries, why not, just this
once,
<BR>> > justify exorbitant workforce salaries?
<BR>>
<BR>> We've been justifying exorbitant workforce salaries for many, many
years
<BR>> now. Not that there's anything wrong with that--labor has a value,
and I
<BR>> certainly wouldn't work on the line for less than $25 an hour or
so. But
<BR>> don't pretend that the workforce is somehow underpaid.

<P>Oh god,&nbsp; you know, I read people bitch about what people make in
the fucking
<BR>rat life, but damn, you couldn't pay me that and expect me to come
to work
<BR>each and every day. Not to bitch at you Josh, I think you understand
the
<BR>situation, but Flintoid doesn't. I go into a factory, with a bunch
of people
<BR>who probably are stuck in their dead-end job, working so hard that
they
<BR>can't wipe the sweat from their eyes, that have to come to work because
they
<BR>have a house payment, a car payment, 3 kids and $50,000 in credit card
debt,
<BR>and I don't want to fall into that trap.

<P>Some of these people have such miserable jobs, I can't imagine doing
them. I
<BR>make what they make, but I don't work anywhere near as hard as these
guys
<BR>do. I work hard, very damn hard, but I do not put up with the miserable
jobs
<BR>the factory rats have. I have lunch when I want., I go home when I
want, and
<BR>have a company vehicle. I refused a job with GM a few years ago, in
what is
<BR>now Delphi Saginaw Gear. After seeing how these people work, I just
couldn't
<BR>get caught in the trap - NO WAY! These jobs will leave the country,
because
<BR>people down the food chain will refuse to do these jobs - in Metro
Detroit
<BR>you can be a dumbshit working at Tim Horton's for $9 an hour, and probably
<BR>be happy. I don't regret not working for GM, actually I think one day
I'll
<BR>stand proud, with my own business, and show people what can be done
when you
<BR>put your mind to something other than a car payment, a house payment,
3 kids
<BR>and $50,000 in credit card debt..

<P>-Ron</BLOCKQUOTE>
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