Subj : How far I've come... To : MRO From : Moondog Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 01:36 pm Re: How far I've come... By: MRO to Rob Mccart on Sat Jan 28 2023 01:17 pm > Re: How far I've come... > By: Rob Mccart to DUMAS WALKER on Sat Jan 28 2023 12:48 am > > > Commenting on all the messages referring to China, not just this one, Chi > > have a different attitude than we do about business. A company will run a > > loss for 10 or 20 years until they put all the competition out of busines > > and then they raise their prices to make a profit. Western countries do n > > plan that far in advance. They want immediate profits. > > A lot of american manufacturing companies live hand to mouth. Some even take > They didn't give a shit about a year from now. They wanted to make as much > > > Wages are not that low in China. Just checking the most recent figures sa > > the average worker there makes just over $54,000 (US) a year, not exactly > > slave labour. > > there's a lot of racism and propaganda that gives us the wrong view of china > > > > > Ironically, they will also mechanize a plant to make more products using > > fewer workers to increase the potential profits where Unions here would > > never stand for that. > > unions in the usa are not what they used to be. There are a lot of right to > ue to the other union nuances, especially in pay. You can be stuck in a job > > > It's hard to compete with that sort of mentality. > > They adopted a winning mentality. And it was behind the backs of regular peo The government has their hand in every sort of business. They're a silent partner, and each level of government gets their take (above taxes.) I was listening to NPR and they visited area where coal was being strip mined, and several companies were building ski lodges and ski lifts because it was better money than coal. The gov't would tke their money first, then the coal miners couldn't afford to stay open. --- þ Synchronet þ The Cave BBS - Since 1992 - cavebbs.homeip.net .