ex396 how about this ,our government stops working for business and starts working for us. this would be easy to solve, our president has the ability to tariff imports anytime he sees fit, how about you teriff all imports till they equal a living wage. You pay off the debt, it becomes the same cost to manufacture goods here, and all those people can get off the dole and get decent jobs. force it. our president is not a socialist, he is a corporate man all the way just like the rest. there is no reason for welfare except businesses like walmart use it to subsidize there low wages as most qualify
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Trying to translate your ramblings into English I come up with "tax imports so that it is no longer cost effective to buy imported goods"
Why do you think many Toyotas, Hondas, Mazdas, Subarus, etc. are made here? Why do you think Japanese motorcycle manufacturers started building 700cc sport bikes in the 80's? How did that help GM? How did that help H-D? Don't want shoes made in China? Don't buy them...if enough of us are willing to spend $150 for a pair of the select Merrells or New Balance shoes made here it will help the cause.
If WalMart paid enough that some greeter or lot-boy could support a family of 4 without any government assistance, what do you think that cheap office chair you are sitting in will cost? How does that solve the issue with all the people on welfare because they aren't working?
I will tell you what, convince your President to abolish ALL welfare, get rid of the mandated healthcare, get rid of half my employer taxes and abolish my corporate taxes and I will give all my employees a $10/hr raise immediately. Barring that, I have to pay them $10/hr less than their work really warrants because both them and I have millions of dependents to support.
Why do you think many Toyotas, Hondas, Mazdas, Subarus, etc. are made here? Why do you think Japanese motorcycle manufacturers started building 700cc sport bikes in the 80's? How did that help GM? How did that help H-D? Don't want shoes made in China? Don't buy them...if enough of us are willing to spend $150 for a pair of the select Merrells or New Balance shoes made here it will help the cause.
If WalMart paid enough that some greeter or lot-boy could support a family of 4 without any government assistance, what do you think that cheap office chair you are sitting in will cost? How does that solve the issue with all the people on welfare because they aren't working?
I will tell you what, convince your President to abolish ALL welfare, get rid of the mandated healthcare, get rid of half my employer taxes and abolish my corporate taxes and I will give all my employees a $10/hr raise immediately. Barring that, I have to pay them $10/hr less than their work really warrants because both them and I have millions of dependents to support.
those autos are made here because our wages are lower than theirs, as far as you paying your employees more, obviously you pay enough or people wouldn't work there. the largest employers that make the most pay the least. and as far as that office chair the price would only go up as much as people would be willing to pay for it. so great we have gotten car manufacturing jobs that pay 15 dollars an hour, that would be great if this was 1985
The foreign carmakers can make profits in the U.S. because they have no legacy costs like that pension thing. This country was built up over the years one way and this global economy thing changed all the rules. The Union and labor laws came about because workers were viewed as less than human and treated that way. Why is it ok to exploit workers in other countries when the end user of the products is the U.S. Tarrifs are long overdue and will never happen because greed is running the show. There is an unfair advantage to manufacture products overseas the rules and regulations city state and federal are gone. What's a little HAZ-MAT in the river going hurt!
That little free market capitalism thing only applies when it is convenient because otherwise the banks and Wall Streets a$$ would have shredded!!
If you owe over $10,000 dollars in federal taxes hire ya one of those firms on TV and settle for pennies on the dollar !
Really how does that work?
That little free market capitalism thing only applies when it is convenient because otherwise the banks and Wall Streets a$$ would have shredded!!
If you owe over $10,000 dollars in federal taxes hire ya one of those firms on TV and settle for pennies on the dollar !
Really how does that work?
You must not live in Indiana. My property tax has fallen each of the last six years. Mine was 2100, next year scheduled to be 1400...
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I thought you didn't read my posts. "work their loads"? I have never seen a Walmart load at ABF in 20 years and upper management once told us that Walmart will not become a large portion of our business as they feel like they own you once you reach a certain threshold.
Wow! What a lying sack of ****. ABF moves alot of Wal-Mart freight.
It doesn't, those deals are scams.
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Words of wisdom from the great Stonehead.
The same great Stonehead who only drove road at ABF yet brags how he never damaged one piece of freight...never backed into a skid with the forklift, never poked a box or bag on the other side of the pallet with protruding forks, never put a skid up only to find that the one below it wouldn't support it. And now the macadam jockey knows all about what freight is in the trailers. 
once again you misrepresented what I said Which was Do Not respond to my threads since you seem to misrepresent each one... I didn't say I don't read yours. Learn to comprehend. AB...
This is the YRC forum, not ABF. YRC loads have WalMart on most loads.
I responded to the post, not the poster. Didn't even think to look whose it was. Guess I should have known since there seems to be more ABF guys on here than YRC guys....
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Words of wisdom from the great Stonehead.
So I all those city guys who talk about doing moves at the Wal-Mart Apple Valley DC are lying?
I didn't know Walmart sold pee scented air fresheners.
i can't afford air fresheners, and i would need a whole bunch of them, and besides that I'm just part of the problem, right ex396, labor is always the lowest common denominator, I thought that was what the union was for, to stop human beings from being the lowest common denominator in the bidding process. thats what separates us from walmart, anyways just saw my wife off to work at walmart were she gets to do a walmart cheer before the beginning of every shift.. how degrading. It wasn't that long ago that a truck driver could be proud and support his family all by himself on a forty hr work week, but now we all work 70 and send our wives to work. the companies complained then our wages were causing them to not make money, and we make half now, and they still claim broke, they won't be happy till were out begging in front of their golden gates for food. just like old times.
you all know walmart pays there employees with a walmart card that you can get cash on, or use in the store to purchase goods, sound familiar, just like the steel mills and coal mines use to do. all they need now are row houses, maybe they already have them, i would not be surprised if all those cheap subsidized apartments weren't put up by a subsidiary of walmart. One more walmart tid-bit, on the back of every one of her checks it explains what government subsidy she qualifies for at her income and how to sign up.
Wow, is this Magoo's alter ego? Seems you also think you are a victim. If you are a class A driver, you have a skill that not everybody has, you have the right to command a wage commensurate to the uniqueness and the demand for your skills. When there is a line of qualified folks willing to do your job for $20/hr your skills aren't worth $21/hr, if your employer can't keep qualified folks at $30/hr you are worth more than $30/hr. You have chosen your line of work and your employer, and possibly, someone to negotiate on your behalf. That's all on you, not your employer.
As to your wife having to work at WalMart, that's neither your employers' or WalMart's fault. That means you have structured your lifestyle/made choices that mean you can't sustain those on a 40hr work week. Tell me again how that's anybody's fault but your own.
yep thats just the response i thought you would have, you are the exact reason unions were formed. so i guess thats why third world countries make a dollar a day, because thats what the market will bare. or is it thats what they have to do to eat. so the way better of standard americans had during the union hay day of the 50, 60, 70s is just what the market would bare also, or the employees forced it.
nope three hundred million people are only the victim if they choose to be, because if the masses choose the only choices any company has or govt is to cease to exist. that is it don't forget that, the masses have the power they just need the right person to lead them, come on jesus.And you know nothing of me, but many on here will with my sign on, the purpose of being a union brother is to worry about other union brothers. I have had far more opportunity because of my wage buying power of my age, i have enjoyed ,when this job you could really make money and invest in things any one under 40 will never have a chance, as they don't have enough income. i drive for yrc, and my wife works for walmart because she is working on a ten year college degree, her choice. and i work 5 days a week, and the shortest bid possible, if there was a shorter one, i would take that. But thats not the case for most, as most bids are forced six days a week, and 70hrs or close, and they don't make what i did over twenty years ago doing the same job with less hrs invested.
Seems like we agree, you can't afford air fresheners and your wife is working at Wal Mart because of choices you have made. Yet, you want to blame big bad corporate America and your Union for your current situation. Unions weren't formed because of people like me. Our company is non-union because of people like me; we treat our employees well and compensate them well. They don't have any reason to seek representation.