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Shawnee123 · 12-12-2008, 12:10 PM

I make a lot less for mental pain that results in mental disability.

Seriously, homeless guy totally did not get that because I wasn't physically working hard, my previous job was not stressful or difficult. Also, believe me, physical labor is not unknown to me. I crawled through strawberry fields for a quarter a quart, and have worked since I was 13. That includes all kinds of jobs, including one where I was testing some rf filters with a load that, if I bumped against a wire, I would have been cooked like a hotdog in a microwave. Eh...and I was educated to do that. Eh, and I made 12 bucks an hour.

I will admit the 70/hour figure was manipulated...and I am hard pressed to find an article which either states that they really only make a buck fiddy an hour or that they make 70. Here is an article outlining the deception, with some pretty good argument comments. http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs...-meme?tid=true

The health care for these workers is, as you illustrated, very expensive because of repetitive injuries. This does not make their job more important than a school teacher, imho. All jobs have risks, whether physical or mental or the fear of some nut coming in with a firearm.

And I also do not believe that small sacrifices would bring GM employees to poverty level; the news I heard this morning was that they were being asked to think about wages more along the lines of Honda and Toyota. They flatly refused. Again...let the industry die instead? Honda workers around here are doing quite well, and will tell you that. Unions have served their purpose; they do not work in today's economy.

And nothing negates in my mind retired workers bragging about how easy they had it back in the day. I'm sorry, it's the way I see it from personal accounts.

I've taken pay cuts to benefit my employers before. It meant my cow orker in the next office and the guy down the hall could keep working, too.

12-12-2008, 12:10 PM	#250
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I make a lot less for mental pain that results in mental disability. Seriously, homeless guy totally did not get that because I wasn't physically working hard, my previous job was not stressful or difficult. Also, believe me, physical labor is not unknown to me. I crawled through strawberry fields for a quarter a quart, and have worked since I was 13. That includes all kinds of jobs, including one where I was testing some rf filters with a load that, if I bumped against a wire, I would have been cooked like a hotdog in a microwave. Eh...and I was educated to do that. Eh, and I made 12 bucks an hour. I will admit the 70/hour figure was manipulated...and I am hard pressed to find an article which either states that they really only make a buck fiddy an hour or that they make 70. Here is an article outlining the deception, with some pretty good argument comments. http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs...-meme?tid=true The health care for these workers is, as you illustrated, very expensive because of repetitive injuries. This does not make their job more important than a school teacher, imho. All jobs have risks, whether physical or mental or the fear of some nut coming in with a firearm. And I also do not believe that small sacrifices would bring GM employees to poverty level; the news I heard this morning was that they were being asked to think about wages more along the lines of Honda and Toyota. They flatly refused. Again...let the industry die instead? Honda workers around here are doing quite well, and will tell you that. Unions have served their purpose; they do not work in today's economy. And nothing negates in my mind retired workers bragging about how easy they had it back in the day. I'm sorry, it's the way I see it from personal accounts. I've taken pay cuts to benefit my employers before. It meant my cow orker in the next office and the guy down the hall could keep working, too. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 12-12-2008 at 12:17 PM.