tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post8980762708331578411..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: Cooperation on Capitol HillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-54025148410721384292011-10-13T09:43:01.074-04:002011-10-13T09:43:01.074-04:00Agreements are fine.....as is free trade. However...Agreements are fine.....as is free trade. However, unless and until the US has something more that other nations are willing to buy at a price they are willing to pay....and until we make in the US things we buy from someone else...we will suffer from buying more than we sell.<br /><br />It really IS that simple.<br /><br />Cost of goods is killing us. I saw an article yesterday in which it was reported that Ford workers in the UAW have rejected a $6000+ bonus deal that they labeled "stingy." You have to be kidding!! But then....it also pointed out that at Ford, these workers make an average of $56/hour. Over at Government Motors...the wages are considerably less and falling with each new iteration of contracts. <br /><br />When will "labor" (organized and not) understand that their wages get folded in 100% to the cost of the goods being manufactured...or the service offered? The American labor competition isn't in the US. They are competing with every other country making the same stuff, and in the end, the buyer..the consumer...is going to go with the lowest price for acceptable quality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com