The big 3 just don't get it, nobody wants American cars.

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Roofer, Carpenter, contractor all make more then $10 an hour here. Only thing is you collect unemployment in the winter.

I don' think they do here...When I worked at Lowe's, I saw many of laborers with varying degrees of frostbite from working in the cold.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

You should come to Michigan because roofers get way more then $10 an hour.

roofing the 40,000 houses that are sitting on the market right now. no thanks

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

Roofer, Carpenter, contractor all make more then $10 an hour here. Only thing is you collect unemployment in the winter.

more social handouts, great!

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

until you have no food on the table and gas in the car. I guess you have never actually had it rough enough. I feel for your father, I really do. But his labor doesn't give you or anyone else a free pass.

He worked for 30 years so he is entitled to his pension. Nobody back in 73 envisioned this. he would've never stayed at Ford's for 30 years if there was no pension or benefits. He was a certified mechanic before going to Ford's so he insant a high school dropout who stumbled into a good paying job.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

more social handouts, great!

It's more or less saying you are screwed in the winter.

 

[tukn18s 10+ year member]

I was just expanding on what you said.

understood. anybody hear the line today from one of the house committee members about the ceos standing in line for soup at the soup kitchen wearing a tuxedo and a top hat? I must admit that was quite humorous.

 

[BryanCain]

bump for a good guy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

more social handouts, great!

I didn't think one could collect unemployment like that here...them contractors where out there in the snow...I wouldn't want to do that.

He worked for 30 years so he is entitled to his pension. Nobody back in 73 envisioned this. he would've never stayed at Ford's for 30 years if there was no pension or benefits. He was a certified mechanic before going to Ford's so he insant a high school dropout who stumbled into a good paying job.

I would strongly suggest he try to find someone to buy that annuity from him.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

I thought Mullaly was doing pretty well. Ford has really made an effort to build quality vehicles and of the 3 they are the best positioned to survive.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

understood. anybody hear the line today from one of the house committee members about the ceos standing in line for soup at the soup kitchen wearing a tuxedo and a top hat? I must admit that was quite humorous.

Yes, because they all flew there in a private jet. They should have rode a fvcken greyhound bus.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

He worked for 30 years so he is entitled to his pension. Nobody back in 73 envisioned this. he would've never stayed at Ford's for 30 years if there was no pension or benefits. He was a certified mechanic before going to Ford's so he insant a high school dropout who stumbled into a good paying job.

I never said that. But you want to know the truth, I never thought the money I have to pay into SS would be used in such a way that I would never get it back. I also never thought the profession that I have chosen would leave me in a situation like this. Those are the breaks. It is horrible. I still don't think without my agreeing to it, I shouldn't have to pay for the misfortune of others. Will you or your father send me a check next week to pay my sons medical insurance?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I thought Mullaly was doing pretty well. Ford has really made an effort to build quality vehicles and of the 3 they are the best positioned to survive.

You think so, why? Just because or any specific reasoning? I do admit, I like their lineup and adoption of hybrid techonologies. And that they do't make the same car under 38437483479374 different names.

 

[tukn18s 10+ year member]

Yes, because they all flew there in a private jet. They should have rode a fvcken greyhound bus.

i can agree on that one for sure. They could've at least flown together in one jet, not all on their own private jet. I mean come on, that's almost admitting to pissing away money. Somebody mumbled a rumor that they would agree to making a dollar a day?!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif i don't care, the multi millions they have been making in salary per year for the past who knows how long, seriously.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

I didn't think one could collect unemployment like that here...them contractors where out there in the snow...I wouldn't want to do that.


I would strongly suggest he try to find someone to buy that annuity from him.

He has a lot of money misered away somewhere. His parents lived through the depression and passed a long the thriftyness to him. He won't invest or take any risks. he's the type where we'll find a huge stash of cash in the house once he's dead. He's set in his ways.

 

[BryanCain]

bump for a good guy. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsupwink.gif.129404938effda6ad9cca39e7f4b58a3.gif