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Old 07-29-2009, 03:06 PM
 
Location: Colorado Spings
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Originally Posted by jwiley View Post


Without the company the employees would produce nothing.


Just because someone is not smart enough to come up with an idea, or run a company does not ensure them an equal amount of the profits, as the ones who are running the companies.

The companies did what any business man would do, they charged the prices the found that people would pay. It is not their fault that the average consumer spent much more money then they made, driving prices to a point where they could no longer afford them.

Of course while these prices were being driven through the roof, I never heard any Union employees complaining about the unprecedented wages and benefits they were receiving.


This is the biggest copout I have read throughout this whole post. The banks lent money so they could make money, the companies charged what the demand would pay, it is the idiot consumers who borrowed and spent more money then they could afford. It is funny that when gas prices went up, and banks ran out of money to loan, that the market and country as a whole went on the brink of collapse. People have borrwoed and spent every penny they could get their hands on to keep up with their neighbors, nobody forced them to take the money, so in the end they sold themselves into serfdom.


Life is about more then money, it is also about principals and being happy with what you have. I personally hate class warfare, as it has nothing to do with reality. I know of plenty of people who have taken risks, and worked very hard to make it out of the the so called working class. If you make the choices not to do those things it is your own fault. For those that only want to work the 40 hours a week, and collect the paycheck that their company offers them, then they should be happy with that, they made that choice, nobody else did. To destroy your own company, regardless of the position you are in, does not make everything equal, infact you are screwing the country up more for your own slefish reasons, and sense of entitlement, for things you have not earned.
Thank you! And Amen! Everyone seems to neglect the fact that no one wants to take responsibility for *themselves* anymore. Blame it on everyone else, get handouts from everyone else, and complain about a lot of the problems that the individuals themselves caused. Many people are reaping what they sowed right now. Consumers AND businesses alike.
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