GM employs 142,000+ people in the United States.
Toyota employs 36,632 people in the United States.

The sources:
http://www.gm.com/corporate/about/gl...merica/usa.jsp
http://www.toyota.com/about/our_busi...mployment.html

Not only that, but the Toyota jobs are basically just lower paying
blue collar jobs, where as GM has 50,000 engineers working over here.
Toyota and other import car companies have brainwashed Americans into
thinking that buying their car is just as good or better for the
American economy than buying from the Big Three, because their car is
assembled over here, but that is baloney. My friends...when we buy
our cars from GM, Ford, or Chrysler, the money stays over here.
Otherwise, it just goes down the drain.

<buydomestic@usa.com> wrote in message
news:dff9cde3-d3e9-47e3-8ff5-f81d67e3aa26@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
> GM employs 142,000+ people in the United States.
> Toyota employs 36,632 people in the United States.
>
> The sources:
> http://www.gm.com/corporate/about/gl...merica/usa.jsp
> http://www.toyota.com/about/our_busi...mployment.html
>
> Not only that, but the Toyota jobs are basically just lower paying
> blue collar jobs, where as GM has 50,000 engineers working over here.
> Toyota and other import car companies have brainwashed Americans into
> thinking that buying their car is just as good or better for the
> American economy than buying from the Big Three, because their car is
> assembled over here, but that is baloney. My friends...when we buy
> our cars from GM, Ford, or Chrysler, the money stays over here.
> Otherwise, it just goes down the drain.

I don't know about the blue collar workers, but when Ford will fire a CEO
and give him $ 20 million to leave, something is wrong with our system...
Just as with Home Depot. Fired their CEO and gave him $ 120 million. Wish
I could get fired and get my part of that.

How many of the big 3 cars are made somewhere else and shipped here ?

On Sat, 17 May 2008 18:56:46 -0700, buydomestic wrote:

>
> GM employs 142,000+ people in the United States. Toyota employs 36,632
> people in the United States.


Toyota hasn't yet had a layoff. GMs layoffs not only add to the price of
the cars, but also to the taxpayer's burden as well.

johngdole@hotmail.com wrote:
> The only thing I wanted to know is how paying $65/hour for people to
> mow grass has any long term benefit to both management and labor.
>
Where did you get this figure from? My understanding is that the job
MIGHT be worth that much when you figure in overtime, employer taxes,
benefits, and overhead. I don't believe they get near that in straight pay.
>
> On May 17, 8:32 pm, "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I don't know about the blue collar workers, but when Ford will fire a CEO
>> and give him $ 20 million to leave, something is wrong with our system...
>> Just as with Home Depot. Fired their CEO and gave him $ 120 million. Wish
>> I could get fired and get my part of that.
>>
>> How many of the big 3 cars are made somewhere else and shipped here ?
>

"why, me" <kleingt-misc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:M4TXj.1017$co7.646@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com...
> johngdole@hotmail.com wrote:
>> The only thing I wanted to know is how paying $65/hour for people to
>> mow grass has any long term benefit to both management and labor.
>>
> Where did you get this figure from? My understanding is that the job MIGHT
> be worth that much when you figure in overtime, employer taxes, benefits,
> and overhead. I don't believe they get near that in straight pay.

They certainly don't, but that may be their actual cost for labor. The fact
is, Big 3 pay considerably more than the other car companies. Over the
years, the auto worker made a decent wage, good benefits, good retirement,
money during shutdowns, etc. For many years, rather than have a costly
strike, the automakers just added the cost of labor to the cost of the car
and the American public paid for it. All businesses pass of their cost of
doing business. Competition, however, paid a lot less and sold their cars
for less.

I don't know, off hand, what the actual rates are, but just as you pay $65
and hour for a plumber, $80 shop rates, the worker makes a lot less that
what is charged as the difference goes to overhead, taxes, etc.

On May 18, 11:30*am, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
> "why, me" <kleingt-m...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:M4TXj.1017$co7.646@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com...
>
> > johngd...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> The only thing I wanted to know is how paying $65/hour for people to
> >> mow grass has any long term benefit to both management and labor.
>
> > Where did you get this figure from? My understanding is that the job MIGHT
> > be worth that much when you figure in overtime, employer taxes, benefits,
> > and overhead. I don't believe they get near that in straight pay.
>
> They certainly don't, but that *may be their actual cost for labor. The fact
> is, Big 3 pay considerably more than the other car companies. *Over the
> years, the auto worker made a decent wage, good benefits, good retirement,
> money during shutdowns, etc. *For many years, rather than have a costly
> strike, the automakers just added the cost of labor to the cost of the car
> and the American public paid for it. *All businesses pass of their cost of
> doing business. *Competition, however, paid a lot less and sold their cars
> for less.
>
> I don't know, off hand, what the actual rates are, but just as you pay $65
> and hour for a plumber, $80 shop rates, the worker makes a lot less that
> what is charged as the difference goes to overhead, taxes, etc.

The price of overhead and fat bonuses is also baked into the price of
the cars.
As they say then people vote with their feet.
That is they go to the place where they want to put their money.
It is ok to raise prices as much as you want if the public is willing
to pay for it and there is no alternative.
For some reason then GM grew to be the biggest and the best a long
time ago.
People wanted their cars and unfortunately GM thought that they could
continue raising prices as much as they wanted without continuing
making the best.
A reputaion is hard to get and easy to lose.
Lets say that GM would try to restart making quality and giving
quality service and pay attention to their customers it is more
difficult for them to regain confidence than acquiring it in the first
place.
Building up a growing company is relatively easy comparing to running
a company with a decreasing customer base and bad reputation.
Add to that if management does not face the issues and does nothing to
improve customer relations.
GM has been fighting all kinds of battles and is not winning very much
and may ultimately lose the war.
The individuals working for GM may be in for nasty changes of their
incomes and livestyles.
Who can they blame for it?
I am sure I am not to blame but that does not stop many replying to
this post now to this as if I am.

Amen Brother.
Buy American!!!!

<buydomestic@usa.com> wrote in message
news:dff9cde3-d3e9-47e3-8ff5-f81d67e3aa26@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
> GM employs 142,000+ people in the United States.
> Toyota employs 36,632 people in the United States.
>
> The sources:
> http://www.gm.com/corporate/about/gl...merica/usa.jsp
> http://www.toyota.com/about/our_busi...mployment.html
>
> Not only that, but the Toyota jobs are basically just lower paying
> blue collar jobs, where as GM has 50,000 engineers working over here.
> Toyota and other import car companies have brainwashed Americans into
> thinking that buying their car is just as good or better for the
> American economy than buying from the Big Three, because their car is
> assembled over here, but that is baloney. My friends...when we buy
> our cars from GM, Ford, or Chrysler, the money stays over here.
> Otherwise, it just goes down the drain.

On Sun, 18 May 2008 06:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Gosi <gosinn@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On May 18, 11:30*am, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
>> "why, me" <kleingt-m...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:M4TXj.1017$co7.646@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>
>> > johngd...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> >> The only thing I wanted to know is how paying $65/hour for people to
>> >> mow grass has any long term benefit to both management and labor.
>>
>> > Where did you get this figure from? My understanding is that the job MIGHT
>> > be worth that much when you figure in overtime, employer taxes, benefits,
>> > and overhead. I don't believe they get near that in straight pay.
>>
>> They certainly don't, but that *may be their actual cost for labor. The fact
>> is, Big 3 pay considerably more than the other car companies. *Over the
>> years, the auto worker made a decent wage, good benefits, good retirement,
>> money during shutdowns, etc. *For many years, rather than have a costly
>> strike, the automakers just added the cost of labor to the cost of the car
>> and the American public paid for it. *All businesses pass of their cost of
>> doing business. *Competition, however, paid a lot less and sold their cars
>> for less.
>>
>> I don't know, off hand, what the actual rates are, but just as you pay $65
>> and hour for a plumber, $80 shop rates, the worker makes a lot less that
>> what is charged as the difference goes to overhead, taxes, etc.
>
>The price of overhead and fat bonuses is also baked into the price of
>the cars.
>As they say then people vote with their feet.
>That is they go to the place where they want to put their money.
>It is ok to raise prices as much as you want if the public is willing
>to pay for it and there is no alternative.
>For some reason then GM grew to be the biggest and the best a long
>time ago.
>People wanted their cars and unfortunately GM thought that they could
>continue raising prices as much as they wanted without continuing
>making the best.
>A reputaion is hard to get and easy to lose.
>Lets say that GM would try to restart making quality and giving
>quality service and pay attention to their customers it is more
>difficult for them to regain confidence than acquiring it in the first
>place.
>Building up a growing company is relatively easy comparing to running
>a company with a decreasing customer base and bad reputation.
>Add to that if management does not face the issues and does nothing to
>improve customer relations.
>GM has been fighting all kinds of battles and is not winning very much
>and may ultimately lose the war.
>The individuals working for GM may be in for nasty changes of their
>incomes and livestyles.
>Who can they blame for it?
>I am sure I am not to blame but that does not stop many replying to
>this post now to this as if I am.
>
What you say would be true IF the Toyota model was cheaper then the
comparable offerings from the big three, but it is not. In many cases
it is actually more expensive.
--
"Before all else, be armed" -- Machiavelli

On Sun, 18 May 2008 07:30:28 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net>
wrote:

>
>"why, me" <kleingt-misc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:M4TXj.1017$co7.646@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> johngdole@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> The only thing I wanted to know is how paying $65/hour for people to
>>> mow grass has any long term benefit to both management and labor.
>>>
>> Where did you get this figure from? My understanding is that the job MIGHT
>> be worth that much when you figure in overtime, employer taxes, benefits,
>> and overhead. I don't believe they get near that in straight pay.
>
>They certainly don't, but that may be their actual cost for labor. The fact
>is, Big 3 pay considerably more than the other car companies. Over the
>years, the auto worker made a decent wage, good benefits, good retirement,
>money during shutdowns, etc. For many years, rather than have a costly
>strike, the automakers just added the cost of labor to the cost of the car
>and the American public paid for it. All businesses pass of their cost of
>doing business. Competition, however, paid a lot less and sold their cars
>for less.
>
But that is all past-tense. Compare a Toyota model offering to a
comparable model from any of the big-three and there is no cost
savings in purchase price. However, where savings may come into play
is in overall "lifetime" ownership costs.

For a long time the Japanese dumped a lot of their products in our
marketplace and the average American consumer buys based on purchase
cost. Do you think that Wal-Mart shoppers give any consideration to
the fact that the products they are purchasing come from China and
have put American workers out of jobs?

When the American factory worker looses his or her job they cannot buy
the products made by other factory workers which of course leads to
those workers loosing their jobs as well. All-in-all you end up with
a toilet spiral with everything going down the shitter and nobody
having the monies to buy goods & services. The more the American
worker/consumer turns to imported products because of their price, the
more they are putting their own job at risk.
>
>I don't know, off hand, what the actual rates are, but just as you pay $65
>and hour for a plumber, $80 shop rates, the worker makes a lot less that
>what is charged as the difference goes to overhead, taxes, etc.
>
Anyone who owns their own business is more then aware of this. The
cost of carrying an employee greatly exceeds just what the employee
makes as a hourly rate. The greater the tax burden, mandated
government costs such as medical care, minimum wages, and so forth
that we put on the business the greater said burden. All of these
costs are simply based onto the consumer. Many people just don't seem
to understand that business do not pay taxes, they collect them. Any
tax burden is built into the products & services they sell.
--
"Before all else, be armed" -- Machiavelli

<buydomestic@usa.com> wrote in message
news:dff9cde3-d3e9-47e3-8ff5-f81d67e3aa26@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
> GM employs 142,000+ people in the United States.
> Toyota employs 36,632 people in the United States.
>
> The sources:
> http://www.gm.com/corporate/about/gl...merica/usa.jsp
> http://www.toyota.com/about/our_busi...mployment.html
>
> Not only that, but the Toyota jobs are basically just lower paying
> blue collar jobs, where as GM has 50,000 engineers working over here.
> Toyota and other import car companies have brainwashed Americans into
> thinking that buying their car is just as good or better for the
> American economy than buying from the Big Three, because their car is
> assembled over here, but that is baloney. My friends...when we buy
> our cars from GM, Ford, or Chrysler, the money stays over here.
> Otherwise, it just goes down the drain.


Sometimes when you own an American car, other money goes down the drain,
like your own income. My first two cars were Fords, and they were broken so
often that it affected my ability to get to work. I'll stick with cars that
continue to operate dependably, and don't have stupid problems when they're
still "young". Toyota, in other words.

You will now point out that no car is without problems. Don't bother. That's
obvious, but does nothing to support your opinion.