Air & Space, June/July 2006

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in
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@attbi_s21:

The whole thing sounds totally anti-American, but it looks like the rest
of
the world is getting rich from it!

Hilarious!

So why can't we (Americans, that is) make our *own* fancy pallets?
Surely
it's got to be cheaper to make them here, than to ship them from
Australia,
via Canada?

Cuz there'd probably have to be some union (carpentry?) demanding 20 bucks
an hour to start, two weeks paid vacation, medical/dental/vision coverage
for the whole family, all federal holidays off (and a few foreign ones as
well), 10 (or more) sick days/year...paid, full retirement benefits for
life at 100% last payrate, etc....etc....etc....

Brian

And when there were no pallets to build he would still demand a pay check
just like Ford and GM employees.


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"Dave Stadt" wrote in news:sjscg.75992$F_3.21528
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Snipola
And when there were no pallets to build he would still demand a pay check
just like Ford and GM employees.

I knew I forgot one!!!

Yep. We've got no one else to blame but ourselves.

Brian
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in
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Hilarious!

So why can't we (Americans, that is) make our *own* fancy pallets?
Surely
it's got to be cheaper to make them here, than to ship them from
Australia,
via Canada?

Cuz there'd probably have to be some union (carpentry?) demanding 20
bucks
an hour to start, two weeks paid vacation, medical/dental/vision coverage
for the whole family, all federal holidays off (and a few foreign ones as
well), 10 (or more) sick days/year...paid, full retirement benefits for
life at 100% last payrate, etc....etc....etc....

And the union would want five guys on the crew: one to hold the nail, one to
hold the hammer, one to hold the wood, one guy to supervise and another to
take notes.

If one of the crew didn't show up, they'd stand around for the whole day
with their fingers up their butts.


Brian

And when there were no pallets to build he would still demand a pay check
just like Ford and GM employees.

And let's not forget the OSHA regulations...