tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1366323448663911668..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The 70 Year Old "Troubled Teen" With the Nuclear Launch CodesThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3934872482117539002017-01-15T18:01:48.933-08:002017-01-15T18:01:48.933-08:00.. Civil War .... Civil War ..the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61197786953565980702017-01-15T14:25:13.234-08:002017-01-15T14:25:13.234-08:00You know what they say. The first generation build...You know what they say. The first generation builds, the second generation maintains and the third generation wastes.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-32633877579231442412017-01-15T13:13:47.529-08:002017-01-15T13:13:47.529-08:00Curious, Rumley, that it was Henry Ford who unders...<br />Curious, Rumley, that it was Henry Ford who understood that a car plant is useless without a buying public earning enough to consume the production. That's why he chose to pay his workers well above the going rate. He wanted, needed, each of them owning and driving a Ford.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14525197101546065252017-01-15T10:58:02.378-08:002017-01-15T10:58:02.378-08:00Ford played Trump. Their new plant will be in the ...Ford played Trump. Their new plant will be in the US, but it will be of the next generation. Long on robotics , short on jobs. When Ford applies what they learn from this plant elsewhere the US will end up losing more jobs.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24618830609064032572017-01-15T10:44:49.580-08:002017-01-15T10:44:49.580-08:00Yes, Hugh. He's said many things. He can't...<br />Yes, Hugh. He's said many things. He can't bring back the manufacturing jobs that America once enjoyed. They're gone, replaced by a minimal-wage reality. North Americans simply can't live off the wages those jobs are commanding today. <br /><br />I read an interesting analysis a couple of years back by a US labour lawyer/economist. He pointed out that manufacturing historically returns stable profits of 3-4%. Wall Street works on margins three to four times that. American capital will no longer accept the modest but stable returns that made the US great and provided the foundation for its once robust, vibrant and broad-based middle class.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-2556861827332214732017-01-15T10:32:59.463-08:002017-01-15T10:32:59.463-08:00Isn't bringing manufacturing jobs back to the ...Isn't bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US a big part of what Trump says he would do?Hughnoreply@blogger.com