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Dave Starr
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FlintConservative schreef:
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last time here schreef:
what is all this liberal versus conservative crap?, and what
is the problem with a highschool grad's retirement package?
jealous? shoulda took your pencil pushin butt in the shop or
the skilled trades......... 
Not jealous at all. It's the union guys that play the class warfare card. I'm just a capitalist. Tell me...what makes a person with no skills and no education worth $100k when, obviously, people line up to do the work for much, much less?
(Never wanted to work in the factory, and quite glad. They done rode that gravy train outta town!)
I graduated from High School & went to Mott (then JC) for a year. Enlisted in the AIr Force for 4 years & got training in communications systems installation & maintenance. Went to Vietnam & extended my tour for 6 months so I could finish out my enlistment there & not be reassigned for 6 months. Got hired by Buick as a press operator, then transferred to the foundry where I hauled the patterns out to the lines. After 7 years, i got an apprenticeship as an electrician. After 4 years of training and 2 years at Mott, I became a Journeyman electrician. So, I had some education and skills. AND, I NEVER made 100K. The most I made in a year was $76,000, and I only did that once. Time at home with my family was more important than working overtime and making big bucks. |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:27 am |
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FlintConservative
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Dave Starr schreef:
I graduated from High School & went to Mott (then JC) for a year. Enlisted in the AIr Force for 4 years & got training in communications systems installation & maintenance. Went to Vietnam & extended my tour for 6 months so I could finish out my enlistment there & not be reassigned for 6 months. Got hired by Buick as a press operator, then transferred to the foundry where I hauled the patterns out to the lines. After 7 years, i got an apprenticeship as an electrician. After 4 years of training and 2 years at Mott, I became a Journeyman electrician. So, I had some education and skills. AND, I NEVER made 100K. The most I made in a year was $76,000, and I only did that once. Time at home with my family was more important than working overtime and making big bucks.
First & foremost, thank you for your service to our country. Second, my $100k figure was a total compensation package (and current). If you add health/vision/dental/retirement to your $76k, you'd have no trouble getting to $100k. Finally, I should have been more clear. There certainly are skilled trades in the factories. I was speaking more to assembly. |
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hats off to dave starr and thank you sir..
andi..........sense you put it that way....i'm a................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................a guy from flint..
FC is jealous of assembly line workers now?... i thank god my dad did work
at chevrolet 30 years. because of that i and most of my friends were
able to live a life in which we didn't have to stress because we didn't
have food or heat or any other simple needs so i thank god for every
"shop rat" who supported their families. FC, your spending waaaay to
much time listening to rush, bill and the rest of those whining babies.
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:32 pm |
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FlintConservative
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last time here schreef:
hats off to dave starr and thank you sir..
andi..........sense you put it that way....i'm a................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................a guy from flint..
FC is jealous of assembly line workers now?... i thank god my dad did work
at chevrolet 30 years. because of that i and most of my friends were
able to live a life in which we didn't have to stress because we didn't
have food or heat or any other simple needs so i thank god for every
"shop rat" who supported their families. FC, your spending waaaay to
much time listening to rush, bill and the rest of those whining babies.
I say, again, "Not jealous at all. It's the union guys that play the class warfare card. I'm just a capitalist. Tell me...what makes a person with no skills and no education worth $100k when, obviously, people line up to do the work for much, much less?"
Still waiting for an answer to my question.
And I don't listen to Rush or Bill (whomever that is). |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:42 pm |
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it's called "supply & demand" in america those days are gone.
now you will actually be able to gloat that you have more material
toys than those damned uneducated heathens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:47 pm |
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FlintConservative
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last time here schreef:
it's called "supply & demand" in america those days are gone.
now you will actually be able to gloat that you have more material
toys than those damned uneducated heathens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're absolutely right...supply and demand is causing the loss of factory jobs. The supply of labor far outpaces the number of jobs, causing wages to decline.
And I don't know where you dream up that crap. I have never been jealous of a factory worker, nor do I care how many toys they have.
And I certainly never suggested they were heathen. |
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Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:52 am |
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aw man chill.......................... although you
do seem to have something against non-educated
shop rats and the money they make. you sound as
if the only people who should be afforded a decent
living are the folks with B.A. s. hell, i know several
total educated idiots!! |
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