jimm37's Comments jimm37's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/274868/comments The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly in Bank Loans http://seekingalpha.com/article/106975/comments?source=feed#comment-314636 314636 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:04:47 -0500 Watching the New York Times Struggle http://seekingalpha.com/article/107642/comments?source=feed#comment-314565 314565 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:54:57 -0500 Three Stocks to 'Weatherize' Your Portfolio http://seekingalpha.com/article/107795/comments?source=feed#comment-314540 314540 GE), perhaps the best, safest energy and infrastructure play in the world." Talk about opposite points of view! This was posted a week ago:
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seekingalpha.com/artic...]]> Should We Really Bail Out the Big Three Automakers with $73.20 Per Hour Labor? http://seekingalpha.com/article/105061/comments?source=feed#comment-305383 305383
The UAW has been nailing its coffin for years and it seems as the final nail is going in. Bailing out Big 3 is bailing out UAW and its anti-business practices. Will millions of workers and retirees get hurt? Of course. But, we, the taxpayers, shouldn't be funding their perks.

My mother used to work for a unionized grocery chain and had some fantastic benefits. As Sam's Club, Walmart, Target, Walgreen's, etc. and other non-union companies got into the market, the union realized they needed to help themselves so they agreed to tiered pay scales. New workers got less pay and benefits. This happened a few times in the last 20 years. The UAW had better learn to eat crow.]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:06:02 -0500
The UAW has been nailing its coffin for years and it seems as the final nail is going in. Bailing out Big 3 is bailing out UAW and its anti-business practices. Will millions of workers and retirees get hurt? Of course. But, we, the taxpayers, shouldn't be funding their perks.

My mother used to work for a unionized grocery chain and had some fantastic benefits. As Sam's Club, Walmart, Target, Walgreen's, etc. and other non-union companies got into the market, the union realized they needed to help themselves so they agreed to tiered pay scales. New workers got less pay and benefits. This happened a few times in the last 20 years. The UAW had better learn to eat crow.]]> Iceland: When Too Big to Fail Becomes Too Big to Rescue http://seekingalpha.com/article/98477/comments?source=feed#comment-274372 274372 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:17:22 -0400