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SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Government OK's Comcast purchase of NBC

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

The root of the problem is the idea that money is equal to free speech as the Republicans would like us to believe. This theory enables corporations to buy off politicians of both parties and corrupt our government such that it no longer serves the people.

If it's real reform you want, then join my cause to get corporate money out of politics.

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If Government wasn't so interwoven in business there wouldn't be a need for business to have politicians on the books.

If Government just stuck to public safety, regulation, infrastructure and defence there would be no need for business to lobby politicians. If the basic function of government was to look out for the American people the very idea of lobbying would become the equivalent of BRIBES, not that it isn't already.

Big business wants to be wrapped up in government so they can stick it to the people, have regulated monopolies and use the American people as a safety net when they go bust.

Government should be sticking it to business's that do not operate on the level. They should be sticking it to business people who are cheats and corrupt. They should be sticking it to corrupt people within the Government. Unfortunately I haven't seen anything of the sort in quite a while.

I think that a business that truly offers a good service and acts professionally with the intrest of their customers ahead of all others should be entitled to exceptional pay. Unfortunatly I haven't seen any big companies like that in a VERY long time as well.

It's going to take someone who is content with what they have to take office and shake all these people down. It's going to take a lot of security to keep that person alive. A lot of people were fooled into thinking that person was Obama, but his ability to seal his records and suppress all of his past tricked people into thinking he was genuine, rather than the reptile attorney he was. He never had me fooled PowerStroker.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

Except for your last paragraph about Obama, I agree.

Now, let me ask you this... Of the 2 political parties, which one cares more about businesses, and which one cares more about workers? Then after you answer that, please explain how having more "pro business" people in government is going to somehow reduce this corruption of which we speak?

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Oh course you disagree with my thoughts about your messiha PowerStroker. You are so partisan it makes you blind.

Yes I am pro-business... PRO-GOOD-BUSINESS. I am also Pro-Worker... PRO-GOOD-WORKER.

A GOOD worker is needed for a GOOD Business! It's not until the unions step in and allow poor workers to bring down a good company.

Did I ever tell you the story about how once I was at this certain house party and a Wayne Assembly UAW Ford worker bragged about how he would get himself all fucked up on drugs because Fords couldn't fire him? How he bragged that they had to give him time off and re-habilitate him (With pay mind you) and then allow him back to work!? This was back in 1994 PowerStroker. I knew long ago there was something wrong and that companies are sometimes only half the problem.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

Do you even have any idea how bad the working conditions were before Unions came along?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Yeah, but now many of the unions have stakes in the companies. Don't you find that a conflict of interest?

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

I actually encourage the idea of democracy in the workplace. It would be a conflict if the employees didn't have any representation on the board.

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

You are a

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

So you think corporations should be like kingdoms where the CEO is the king and everyone else is a peon?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

No.

What I said it this - It's not a good idea to have a union for the purpose of protecting the workers owning part of the business. It's a conflict of interest.

It's like having one attorney represent the Defendant and the Plaintiff.

A little slow today PowerStroker?

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

What you say is only true if you are operating under the premise that the interests of the workers are inherantly bad for the interests of the company. There are many employee owned companys out there that are very successful and efficient. They should be a model for all of the other corporations.

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

I guess that's how the unions survive... They have idiots like you.

Grunts like you will NEVER see the inside of a board meeting unless it's on video tape. The folks from your Union that do make concessions at your expense to be able to breath the air within the board room aren't looking out for you... They are looking out for #1, which IS NOT you.

How did your last strike work out for you PowerStroker? Oh yeah that's right... You took it in the ass like a good little boy.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

We didn't strike last time. The Greater Metropolitan Auto Dealers association which represents the ownership of all the dealerships in the Twin Cities metro area, offered us a 4% across the board raise, which we accepted. I guess they didn't want 1200 technicians walking off the job and picketing their dealerships this time... A wise decision on their part. Even in this economy, my union got me a raise. I doubt I could have accomplished that on my own by negotiating as an individual.

Actually, the owner of my dealership owns about 13 other dealerships of various makes. Ours is the only one that is unionized of the 14. He pays the other dealerships the very same payscale that our union negotiates for us, but we get much better health bennefits, and the owner has to pay in to a pension fund for us. It ends up costing him about $6 bucks per hour more for the union employees than all of his non union employees at the other dealerships. It's a real sore spot with him, but we were union long before he ever bought the place. I don't feel bad for him, he has a classic car collection that rivals that of Jay Leno. He also seems to find enough cash in his couch cushions to give tens of thousands of dollars to the Republican Party every year. Somehow he can still do quite well for himself, even though he pays more for the employees at his 1 union dealership. By the way, of the 14 dealerships he owns, ours is the 2nd most profitable.

-- Edited by PowerStroker on Sunday 23rd of January 2011 01:26:24 PM

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Sounds like the owner of your shop is a "cool" dude...

Awhile back you said "There are cuts in our pay rate for recalls that take less than 1 hour (most recalls), and now I only get a HD truck differential on F350 and larger vehicles... I used to get that for F250's too." - PowerStroker

Would that Pay Cut apply to removing busted spark plugs in the 3 valve Triton engines should a recall ever be made out of it?

I am sure the reason your dealership is union has something to do with the "Large Trucks". Then again I could be wrong.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

I don't do a lot of recalls, and my dealer hasn't cut my pay on 3/4 ton trucks.

The largest truck we usually ever see is a F550, but those are pretty rare. There is one other Ford dealer in the owner's collection of dealerships... They do the same kind of work we do, and they are non-union.

-- Edited by PowerStroker on Sunday 23rd of January 2011 03:21:06 PM