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*fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2008, 07:51:09 AM » |
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Good news for them though I hear Walmart is hiring.  |
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For hither not, I am the stallion.
Come fear, come love, I am the stallion.
You know that I am the stallion, mang.
I am, I am the stallion, mang.
You know that I am the stallion, mang.
I live, I walk, I am the stallion, mang.
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2008, 08:14:08 AM » |
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There must be some substantial hidden costs if Ford can buy people out like that to save up to not more than 10% on its total factory-worker compensation outlay. Maybe the fact that the replacement workers start at the beginning of the pension-vesting road?
But what else would you have them do, Aske? Raise the prices of their vehicles? Lay off those workers and move even more production outside the US? Skimp even more on quality and/or materials?
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Walfredo
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2008, 08:16:33 AM » |
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Thank god they brought back the Taurus.  |
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For hither not, I am the stallion.
Come fear, come love, I am the stallion.
You know that I am the stallion, mang.
I am, I am the stallion, mang.
You know that I am the stallion, mang.
I live, I walk, I am the stallion, mang.
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Aske
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2008, 08:20:22 AM » |
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There must be some substantial hidden costs if Ford can buy people out like that to save up to not more than 10% on its total factory-worker compensation outlay. Maybe the fact that the replacement workers start at the beginning of the pension-vesting road?
But what else would you have them do, Aske? Raise the prices of their vehicles? Lay off those workers and move even more production outside the US? Skimp even more on quality and/or materials?
i'm not saying a have the answer, but that's a *feces*load of freshly unemployed people that are about to be added to the mcjob subclass.... |
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2008, 08:33:12 AM » |
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gleek
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2008, 08:37:02 AM » |
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Does the auto industry still pay a traditional pension? Even the federal government stopped long time ago in favor of the Thrift Savings Plan, which functions exactly like a 401-K.
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Woman, open the door, don't let it sting. I wanna breathe that fire again.
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2008, 10:06:02 AM » |
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it's all them gheyass jap drivin mofo's that are to blame.  |
women are like tornados. In the beginning there's a lot of sucking and blowing. In the end, the car's gone, the house is gone..
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Aske
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2008, 10:07:47 AM » |
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it's all them gheyass jap drivin mofo's that are to blame. its japans fault that merkan cars (at the entry level anyways) are subpar products compared to their global competition ?  |
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gleek
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2008, 10:17:09 AM » |
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Here's a gheyass Jap car.  |
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stroh
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2008, 10:19:43 AM » |
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2008, 10:24:46 AM » |
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http://www.carbuyersnoteb...nchitti_honda_rewrite.htmFor the second consecutive season, Honda powered the entire 33-car starting field at Indy. And for the second year in a row – and the only two times in Indianapolis 500 history – there was not a single engine- related retirement in the event. Prior to the race start, Honda-powered drivers also had turned a total of 13,716 laps this month (34,290 miles) in practice and qualifying with equal reliability.
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stroh
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2008, 10:36:32 AM » |
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600cc Honda   |
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Clive
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2008, 10:40:45 AM » |
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it's all them gheyass jap drivin mofo's that are to blame. Hey, most days I'm driving British iron.  |
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Clive
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Re: *fiddlesticks*offfordmotorco
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2008, 10:41:12 AM » |
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i'm not saying a have the answer, but that's a *feces*load of freshly unemployed people that are about to be added to the mcjob subclass.... Worried about competition? (meow!) |
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