Re: Uh Oh, Another Corporate Sell-Off


"Jim Carr" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mike Rieves" <mriev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I agree that there'e nothing wrong with cutting costs, as long as those
cuts do not adversely affect the product,

Why not? Didn't you just buy a Squier bass? Businesses have to find the
right price points. Sometimes that means cutting costs. Would you rather
be paying $10 for a Big Mac?

Yes, I bought a Squier bass, it was the best I could afford, and it plays
and sounds very good. If the economy were better, perhaps I'd have health
insurance and a higher paying job and could have afforded to pay three or
four times the price for a real American made Fender, which probably would
not have played or sounded all that much better. Still, I would have bought
it had I been able to afford it.What's your point?

As for a Big Mac, I wouldn't buy one of them if it were a penny.
Here's the problem that no one seems to see: Companies say, "We have to cut
costs so more people will buy our products.", then they proceed to lay off
some workers, and cut the pay of the rest, just to make the product cheaper.
However, since all companies are doing the same thing, the workers, who are
after all, the majority of the buying market, no longer have the money to
buy anything beyond the basic necessities. Guess why, because the companies
thay work for have cut their pay or laid them off, so their product would be
cheaper and more people would buy it. Meanwhile, the executives of those
companies are paying themselves millions and getting even more in bonuses
for their genius in cutting costs, and they ain't buying the products their
companies are making either, because they know that employee morale is low
because of low pay and slashed benefits, and no one is taking pride in their
work anymore so the product is now crap. Corporate America is shooting
itself in the ass, and we are all suffering for it.

or the poeple who make and sell the product.

So, you're saying that automakers should remove all robotics? Should they
also get rid of the power tools that were added since Mr. Ford did his
thing? And how about your favorite corporate demon, credit card companies?
Should they still be paying little old ladies to work the punch card
machines? Better still, should the stores send paper slips to the banks so
the records can be kept by hand on green ledger paper?

What part of, "I agree that there'e nothing wrong with cutting costs, as
long as those cuts do not adversely affect the product.", sent you off on
this tangent? None of the things you mentioned have anything to do with what
we were talking about.

Your view of the world is very narrow.

How can you tell with the giant size blinders you're wearing? Don't bitch
about the mote in my eye until you get the beam out of yours.



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