Here is a quote from South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, who's a Republican. I think it sums up the Republican mindset quite well.
| "What I'm saying is, if you come to South Carolina, the cost of doing business is going to be low here. We are go going to make sure that you have a loyal, willing workforce and we are going to be one of the lowest union-participation states in the country." |
Translation:
They will be loyal and willing, as in, we will make it so they have no choice but to work for your low pay, poor benefits' jobs. We will get rid of unions so that corporations will have total, unchallenged, power with workers having nothing.
In so doing, we will see to it that the state of South Carolina continues to rank among the lowest in the nation when it comes to per capita income, Gross State Product, education, health care and all things that define standard of living. But it will be a great place for corporations to boost their profits, which will be shared by only a few.
The Republican state...great place to live!!
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She might be bragging here Mike but if she really wants to impress me let's see how her state stacks up against China! (just kidding of course)...
The "Race to the bottom" is a race I dont think we should even consider entering...
rsp,
south carolina returns to its roots
(slavery)
"the state of South Carolina continues to rank among the lowest in the nation when it comes to per capita income, Gross State Product, education, health care and all things that define standard of living"
Yes, but South Carolinians have lots of TIME.
The "Race to the bottom" is a race I dont think we should even consider entering...
We are already in it big time, and have been since Reagan.
US foreign policy since the Nixon overture to China has been to accomodate a rising China and the development of Chimerica. We are now it it full swing.
south carolina returns to its roots
Never really left.
BTW, there is a reason why states like SC, Alabama, and Mississippi are low wages states. Low education and low skills. You get what you pay for. While it is true that many companies have been attracted by the tax breaks and other perks, a lot of the labor is imported from other states, which is a good thing in that the South is beginning to change instead of remain stuck in the Civil War period. North Carolina is a good example, and to a somewhat lesser extent Georgia, too.
Unionized Companies tend to underperform their non-union counterparts financially. As a matter of policy, lawmakers should look to externalize some of the costs if unions really do raise standards of living for all workers. Most workers currently dread unionization because it means their plant will close sooner than later not to mention the heavy handed tactics of organizers along with the corruption. But Unions could provide training and apprenticeship programs that would be valuable to workers and companies, perhaps, and their purchasing power for insurance and financial products could also be leveraged. It isn't too hard to imagine a few simple policies that could transform a union into a cost neutral or even a cost advantage for a company rather than a burden with a well designed set of laws at the national level.
Interesting bit from Eccles and quote from one of Heinlein's books from Naked Cap:
http://londonbanker.blogspot.com/2011/09/testimony-of-marriner-eccles-to.html
Anonymous said…
You might want to take a look at a book by Robert A. Heinlein For Us,The Living written in 1934,not published til 2001..this is a quote
“Cathcart grinned. “He got the cash money the same way we
have gotten all cash money since Roosevelt put the gold back in
the ground-right off the printing presses. But he didn’t have to
print much of it. The checks were issued at the Bank and the
merchant and a great many others had accounts at the Bank and
very little cash money changed hands. The bulk of it was mere
bookkeeping entries, made by the bank clerks. Holmes had
implemented what the bankers had known for centuries but
were barred by LaGuardia from doing-taking money out of an
inkwell. What’s the matter, son? Still not satisfied?”
“Well, I don’t know. Everything you have said seems okay,
but how about this? If you keep pouring money into a country
indefinitely, you are bound to get inflation, fixed prices or no
fixed prices.”
“You don’t pour it in. You add just enough to keep it running.
Each fiscal period the additional amount is the closest possible
approximation of the amount necessary to prevent a spread
between consumption and production, based on the value of the
nation’s inventories.”
“But why do you have to keep adding money all the time?”
“I said I would stay away from theory but I’ll give you this
hint to chew over: the amount necessary to add each period is
theoretically equal to the amount of savings invested as capital in
the preceding period. And one more hint: Doesn’t it take more
money to run the country’s industry now than it did when
George Washington was President? “
Maybe we can do without the unions and just have employees band together as various group to secure favorable wages, improved working conditions, and better work hours, and to resolve grievances against employers.
Unforgiven,
"since Roosevelt put the gold back in the ground"
Whoa! Good way to put it imo....
Ron Paul probably has an anxiety attack when he reads that; and wants legislation passed to audit Fort Knox to make sure it is "still there"... meanwhile over on our side (ie the human side), he seeks legislation to cut "Food Stamps" by 60% and foment human malnutrition at least....
rsp,
Maybe we can do without the unions and just have employees band together as various group to secure favorable wages, improved working conditions, and better work hours, and to resolve grievances against employers"
DAB: or Federal standards and protections.
I think a big problem with unions is that union boses are just politicians, and the workers get the scraps thrown to them.
My wife works in the public sector and is a life-long liberal, but is constantly complaining how union rules keep her from doing her job.
When cuts have to be made it's newer workers before those with seniority, so she can't keep her best performers, and many employees use union rules like the Little League Rule Book, just because they can.
In 2010, the percentage of workers belonging to a union in the United States (or total labor union "density") was 11.4%, compared to 18.6% in Germany, 27.5% in Canada, and 70% in Finland. Union membership in the private sector has fallen under 7% — levels not seen since 1932.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_States
we know where the next FOXCONN plant is going.....
Why do the GOP stay there??Why not bring back slavery and old plantations and once??If they got a whole party leadership that are Ayn Rand readers i don´t doubt that they will do it if they could!And why should they succed?Just throw in some more billions in propaganda and i think US people buy it!US citisent are more misinformed then i guess even old Soviet Russian,ever was sadly.The Russian in old days never believed in Pravda.But US citisent are stunning misinformed.
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