lytle's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/163632/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/106634-congress-offers-big-three-automakers-help-makes-demands-in-exchange?source=feed#comment-321343 321343 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:24:23 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/106634-congress-offers-big-three-automakers-help-makes-demands-in-exchange?source=feed#comment-321341 321341
My information about wages from articles in the newsmedia was misleading as is a large part of the information the media publishes.

From what I've found out in the meanwhile is that the payscale for autoworkers is between $14 and $33 per hour. Of course that is from the media also but it sounds more reasonalble. Apparently the $73 per hour I have seen quoted in the newspapers includes benifits. That seems like a lot of benifits!

I'm not down on the union worker although I sure think things like the job bank where a laid off employee gets 95 percent of his wages while laid off, and some of the modern day retirement packages are a little much. Also, I need to point out that the union negotiated with the automakers for the terms that are in place and they agreed. What would you expect a worker to say to better wages or benifits for himself ... No?

If I'm down on anyone it's the newsmedia! Anything sensational will do for them whether it's misleading, wrong, or what. They slant the news and suck people like me into believing incorrect information.

Maybe the UAW workers will have to make some wage concessions for congress to aprove some money for the industry; I don't know. We'll find out.]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:16:08 -0500
My information about wages from articles in the newsmedia was misleading as is a large part of the information the media publishes.

From what I've found out in the meanwhile is that the payscale for autoworkers is between $14 and $33 per hour. Of course that is from the media also but it sounds more reasonalble. Apparently the $73 per hour I have seen quoted in the newspapers includes benifits. That seems like a lot of benifits!

I'm not down on the union worker although I sure think things like the job bank where a laid off employee gets 95 percent of his wages while laid off, and some of the modern day retirement packages are a little much. Also, I need to point out that the union negotiated with the automakers for the terms that are in place and they agreed. What would you expect a worker to say to better wages or benifits for himself ... No?

If I'm down on anyone it's the newsmedia! Anything sensational will do for them whether it's misleading, wrong, or what. They slant the news and suck people like me into believing incorrect information.

Maybe the UAW workers will have to make some wage concessions for congress to aprove some money for the industry; I don't know. We'll find out.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/106537-why-shorting-financials-is-a-logical-response?source=feed#comment-310225 310225
Excellent anaysis. However, it is naiive to expect our govenment to implement any such measures because it would undercut the ignorant and greedy position of too many office holders feeding at the trough.

i am, like so many citizens, absolutely dismayed and disappointed in our existing government and the disregard for the welfare of our country.

It is a scenario of our officials of "what's best for me" and the hell with anything else.

And I have no idea of what can be done to change things.]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:10:33 -0500
Excellent anaysis. However, it is naiive to expect our govenment to implement any such measures because it would undercut the ignorant and greedy position of too many office holders feeding at the trough.

i am, like so many citizens, absolutely dismayed and disappointed in our existing government and the disregard for the welfare of our country.

It is a scenario of our officials of "what's best for me" and the hell with anything else.

And I have no idea of what can be done to change things.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/106634-congress-offers-big-three-automakers-help-makes-demands-in-exchange?source=feed#comment-309253 309253
I think that over the past years the big three have simply caved in to the UAW to prevent strikes and the loss of company income that would ensue.

Where are any provisions in the Congress' conditions concerning the Detroit payscale? I certainly approve of the conditions concerning the fat cats and their bonuses but how about the $70 per hour average wage of their production emplyees. How about if the UAW scales back so they make somewhere near what the rest of us in the country make. They want me and the rest of us peons to subsidise with our taxes their lush income.
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I think that over the past years the big three have simply caved in to the UAW to prevent strikes and the loss of company income that would ensue.

Where are any provisions in the Congress' conditions concerning the Detroit payscale? I certainly approve of the conditions concerning the fat cats and their bonuses but how about the $70 per hour average wage of their production emplyees. How about if the UAW scales back so they make somewhere near what the rest of us in the country make. They want me and the rest of us peons to subsidise with our taxes their lush income.
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I am an old fart who belongs to the Greatest Generation and I may not agree with everything in the main article but it generally describes the facts as they are.

I might add that the Boomers have been raising their kids with the same mentality as theirs. Young kids can’t ride a school bus to school, they have to drive a new car (not an older one, God forbid); etc, etc, etc. And my apologies to the minority of Boomers it doesn’t apply to. Many of the Boomer generation have good sense.

Everyone recognizes the human nature to defend ones faults however wrong. Apparently you’ve succumbed to that problem.



On Oct 31 05:49 PM Kelly Bkk wrote:

> The baby boomers were babes in the woods at the time the "greatest
> generation" created medicare/medicaid and social security -- these
> three are the trillion dollar defecits that will blow up this country.
> The boomers had nothing to do with the increasingly layers of elderly
> junk and greed that we are all now saddled with. "Greatest generation,"
> my ass. Boomers and their SUVs and subprimes can't begin to touch
> the greatest generation for self-aggrandizement and sucking at the
> public trough.]]> Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:25:16 -0500
I am an old fart who belongs to the Greatest Generation and I may not agree with everything in the main article but it generally describes the facts as they are.

I might add that the Boomers have been raising their kids with the same mentality as theirs. Young kids can’t ride a school bus to school, they have to drive a new car (not an older one, God forbid); etc, etc, etc. And my apologies to the minority of Boomers it doesn’t apply to. Many of the Boomer generation have good sense.

Everyone recognizes the human nature to defend ones faults however wrong. Apparently you’ve succumbed to that problem.



On Oct 31 05:49 PM Kelly Bkk wrote:

> The baby boomers were babes in the woods at the time the "greatest
> generation" created medicare/medicaid and social security -- these
> three are the trillion dollar defecits that will blow up this country.
> The boomers had nothing to do with the increasingly layers of elderly
> junk and greed that we are all now saddled with. "Greatest generation,"
> my ass. Boomers and their SUVs and subprimes can't begin to touch
> the greatest generation for self-aggrandizement and sucking at the
> public trough.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/101714-another-bloodbath?source=feed#comment-290922 290922
Gabe. Bless you, I would wish you were right but I think we're still in for a bunch of hurt.

We can thank our hurt on the slime on Wall Street and in Washington. I'm talking about the fat cats on Wall St. (Not the everyday grunts like you and me that work there) and our self-serving congress. Neither of them feels badly over the situation because they're still living high on the hog and will continue to throughout and after this crisis. And what facinates me is that the American public will vote the same self-servers right back into congress. Wait and see!

Daytrader hit it on the nose: THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT THIER LOUSY,STINKING,SELVES.

I've been an optimist my entire life but it's beginning to wear on me. Excluding the slimes mentioned above, the United States is still the greatest country in the world and it's Main Street that makes it that way.
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Gabe. Bless you, I would wish you were right but I think we're still in for a bunch of hurt.

We can thank our hurt on the slime on Wall Street and in Washington. I'm talking about the fat cats on Wall St. (Not the everyday grunts like you and me that work there) and our self-serving congress. Neither of them feels badly over the situation because they're still living high on the hog and will continue to throughout and after this crisis. And what facinates me is that the American public will vote the same self-servers right back into congress. Wait and see!

Daytrader hit it on the nose: THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT THIER LOUSY,STINKING,SELVES.

I've been an optimist my entire life but it's beginning to wear on me. Excluding the slimes mentioned above, the United States is still the greatest country in the world and it's Main Street that makes it that way.
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Don]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:18:15 -0400
Don]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/98264-record-setting-month-for-cboe-etf-options?source=feed#comment-273331 273331 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:06:29 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/98264-record-setting-month-for-cboe-etf-options?source=feed#comment-273328 273328 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:01:32 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/88851-the-case-against-investing-in-the-dow-industrials-for-now?source=feed#comment-222294 222294
A very interesting article !]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:34:45 -0400
A very interesting article !]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/88851-the-case-against-investing-in-the-dow-industrials-for-now?source=feed#comment-222290 222290
A very interesting article!]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:33:45 -0400
A very interesting article!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/76552-options-trader-friday-outlook?source=feed#comment-165422 165422
I access your column because it's listed under "Options." I think your political observations are interesting but I would really like some insight on options. Some while back you gave some opinions on options which I thought were excellent.

Can you give us some options opinions now and then?

Don]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 08:44:32 -0400
I access your column because it's listed under "Options." I think your political observations are interesting but I would really like some insight on options. Some while back you gave some opinions on options which I thought were excellent.

Can you give us some options opinions now and then?

Don]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/71863-stocks-are-the-place-to-be-google-and-apple-in-particular?source=feed#comment-148858 148858
Most people log onto these blogs to read and perhaps to find interesting news or advice. If you don't like his viewpoints then don't read it.





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Most people log onto these blogs to read and perhaps to find interesting news or advice. If you don't like his viewpoints then don't read it.





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