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Bad Examples Meme
I don’t think I’ve ever started a meme before, but here goes, anyway. I found this John Stossel quote at the Brussels Journal: The fall of the Soviet Union deprived us of the biggest example of how socialism works. We need laboratories of failure to demonstrate what socialism is like. All we have now is Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, the U.S. Post Office, and state motor-vehicle departments. Unfortunately, Stossel went for all the low-hanging fruit. I’ll keep it local, to get the ball rolling: 1. Highways – ours in Michigan are in constant need of repair, funneling 4 lanes into two, three lanes into one, or just simply closing major urban thoroughfares for months at a time. Work is typically done during the day, which incidentally is when most people have to … Read entire article »
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“We Want to Save the American Auto Industry…”
OK. Stop paying people to not work! Many of the Flint jobs bankers worked in a plant that no longer exists, the sprawling Buick City complex that closed in 1999. General Motors Corp. has paid them between $70,000 and $85,000 annually. They also received health care, which ups the total significantly. I’ve blogged extensively about collective bargaining, work rules, and the so-called jobs bank. Adding insult to injury is the fact that worldwide capacity to produce automobiles is something like 90 million units, whereas global demand is in the neighborhood of 60 million units. This is a disequilibrium of epic proportions. There’s not much more that I can say about the fate of American manufacturing – it needs a complete overhaul, and paying people for a job they … Read entire article »
Filed under: Michigan, Strikebusting
But What About the Mail?
The British post office is planning to strike tomorrow, and accordingly, are asking their patrons to refrain from sending mail during their time of crisis. What’s also nice, is that the Post is telling their customers, essentially, to “get fucked.” The Daily Mail has the scoop: It suggests people who want to guarantee the delivery of important items should switch to other courier services… The Royal Mail will use managers to keep the Special Delivery service running as best they can…However, they will not offer the usual money back guarantee of delivery by a specified time. When was the last time you heard of a UPS, DHL, or FedEx strike? When was the last time, barring national disasters, that either of these companies failed to honor their money-back … Read entire article »
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