Gm letter to Suppliers

[Keith Tedford]

Now, that's a good point. Up here it is just as bad if not worse. We have a lot where we could build a home more suited to older retired people like we are getting to be. All the hoops that you have to go through just make it not worth the trouble. A friend, who lives in the rich peoples Muskoka cottage country, told me that you will have at least $28K invested in all the hoop jumping before you ever put a shovel in the ground. Now, that has to be way worse than any union ever was.

[kwhizz]

Sammy speaks "Words of Wisdom"........

Unious at least pulled money out of the rich and have created somewhat of a safety net for the destitute and poor. I wouldn't want unions running the country, but I think that they have their place, to a point. The multi-nationals must be rubbing their hands with glee at playing us off against 1.3 billion Chinese slaves. Oh yes, they do pay them a little so that they can't be called slaves.
"Quote".....Sammy


See Below...........


Clinton Proposes Renewing China's Most-Favored Trade Status
Congressional reaction mixed amidst larger China policy issues
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, June 3) -- President Bill Clinton on Wednesday proposed renewing most-favored-nation (MFN) trade status for China, saying it was "clearly in our nation's interest" as he urged Congress to support the request.


Most-favored-nation status offers low tariffs and treats countries as normal trading partners.

"Trade is also an important part of our relationship with China. Our exports have tripled over the last decade and now support over 170,000 American jobs," Clinton argued.

"This status does not convey any special privilege," Clinton said. "It is simply ordinary, natural fair treatment offered to virtually every nation on Earth."

Clinton cited China's hosting of a five-nation meeting in Geneva this week as an important example of the role Beijing can play in "meeting the challenges of the 21st Century."

[427TJ]

Clinton was undoubtedly strongly lobbied by American corporate interests to renew MFN for China. Why should the Chinese have sole access to all that near-slave labor? American companies wanted access to Chinese labor and that's why MFN gets renewed. Quid pro quo. You give me MFN status and I'll let you set up your factories in my country. It's just business.

Remember, it was President Nixon who first approached Communist China back in the early 1970s.

[Donutblue]

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If the government wouldn't mess with CAFE standards etc and get the hell out of businesses business then we would all be a whole lot better off!

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I believe we would have a more efficient government if politicians were required to stamp time cards and wear uniforms void of any pockets.

[kwhizz]

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If the government wouldn't mess with CAFE standards etc and get the hell out of businesses business then we would all be a whole lot better off!

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I believe we would have a more efficient government if politicians were required to stamp time cards and wear uniforms void of any pockets.

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I Vote that there be "NO" Politicians......get a rotating system of Normal "WORKING" people to come in and run the Country.....It'll probably work much better....."Oh Yeah!!"....that's right.....I forgot..Politicials are so much "Smarter" than the Rest of us that we couldn't come close to doing their Job's because we are not "Sophisicated" enough to understand what they "DO" and why they "DO" it........

Ken

[L-79 Nova]

Don't forget where 40 hour work weeks, vacations, pensions and many other things came from and raised the standard of living in this country. UNIONS!! Ron, proud union retiree.

[Kim_Howie]

Doesn't matter if they were Dems or Reps. THEY BOTH SCREWED US. Both are taking care their buddies. And you & I get to pay for it.

[1968 nova ss]

Well ,have to agree with ya on that Mr.Howie. and you don;t see the government helping families home from going into foreclosure either .Chris

[Schonyenko2]

Sammy, I had about a page written out, but it timed me out, so you're all spared.
Chris, don't agree with Howie. It only encourages him.
Whizzer, define normal. The Gov of Ill. believes he's normal, so's Dubya. Charlie Manson, Hannibal Lectner, and Joe Stalin thought so too. Now Hitler, he knew he was superior.
Let me add one small thing. If a hungry man steals a loaf of bread, he's arrested and goes to jail. Bernie Madoff hasn't spent a minute in jail for 50 billion. Nor have the folks who engineered the debacle on Wall street.
What happened to "with liberty, and Justice for all".
Can we continue to devalue, and lower the economic standards of the working class of Americans, while the affluent walk away with impunity?

[quick-bowtie]

AMEN!!