Wal Mart synthn oil?
Burning Brakes
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by xs650
I belive who supplies the oil to Wally World also depends on what part of the country you are in. Cuts down on their shipping costs and helps them play suppliers off against each other.
That’s an excellent point and yet another good reason to stick with Mobil One!
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From: Green Bay WI
Originally Posted by 701
Unions Are (the Workers) Are Always The First To Get Blamed. $hit Rolls Down Hill Rite ! We Forget About The Corp. Waste? I Personally Worked On The Re-tooling At The Chrysler Plant In Belv. Il. I Personally Saw Many Bad Desicions By The Higher Ups In Which It Added Millions To The Bill. Not To Mention The Huge Bonuses Etc. The List Goes On And On. Most Of The Workers Do There Job And Do It Well. Theres Alot More Talking And Wasting Co. $$$ In The Office Side. Ive Been On Both Sides Of The Fence. Even Tho Im Not A Bush Fan Or Agree W/the War I Still Support Our Troops. One Of My Good Buddies Is Over There For His Second Run. Its Not That Workers Here Are Over-paid Its That The Over Seas Labor Is By Far Underpaid....................one Day When Your Job Is Sent Over Seas , Maybe You Will Understand. I Will Never Buy A ***.,chinese Or Korean Car...and For Someone Who Can Buy A Vette But Is Trying To Pinch A Few Bucks On Oil? Go Buy A Daewoo .......bonehead.
What you fail to realize is that if the wages overseas were the same as the wages in the USA your $50k per year wouldn't buy you 60% of what it does today. So it would be the same as a pay reduction for you and the rest of your union buddies.
Burning Brakes
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by mikejofgb
What you fail to realize is that if the wages overseas were the same as the wages in the USA your $50k per year wouldn't buy you 60% of what it does today. So it would be the same as a pay reduction for you and the rest of your union buddies.
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From: Green Bay WI
Originally Posted by TheJimer
If wages abroad were the same as in the U.S., there would be no reason to continue to export American jobs overseas! Instead we would be exporting made in America products around the word in a competitive even playing field global market! Oh to dream!!!!!!!!
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You are missing the point - if this happened the cost of goods you purchase every day would be more expensive than they are today. I know this has nothing to do with the C6 but this lack of Economics 101 understanding is quite amusing...
So everyone hates that jobs are heading to China, but we would hate it more if the toys you buy for your kids cost $50 instead of $30.
What I dream of is that the unions continue fighting for higher wages to the point that their jobs are eliminated, then they can complain about the loss of jobs. Global market = less inefficiency = better value = higher quality & lower prices = less than average skilled people are out of work. In 30 years the USA will be a distribution and service country, not a manufacturing country for most industries.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northern CA
Originally Posted by mikejofgb
In 30 years the USA will be a distribution and service country, not a manufacturing country for most industries.
Race Director
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From: Hudson WI
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Originally Posted by xs650
In 30 years, the rest of the world will have figured out that they don't need us to consume their products and the US will be on hard times.
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From: CONCORD NC
Back on subject, someone may have beaten me to this, but the WalMart "store brand" at my local WM is NOT GM4718 certified. I would stick to the best deal you find among name-brand, certified synthetics
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Burning Brakes
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From: Arizona
[QUOTE=mikejofgb]You are missing the point - if this happened the cost of goods you purchase every day would be more expensive than they are today. I know this has nothing to do with the C6 but this lack of Economics 101 understanding is quite amusing...
So everyone hates that jobs are heading to China, but we would hate it more if the toys you buy for your kids cost $50 instead of $30.
What I dream of is that the unions continue fighting for higher wages to the point that their jobs are eliminated, then they can complain about the loss of jobs. Global market = less inefficiency = better value = higher quality & lower prices = less than average skilled people are out of work. In 30 years the USA will be a distribution and service country, not a manufacturing country for most industries.[/QUOTE]
mikejofgb,
Are you equally amused with America’s alleged trading “partners” and their so-called “fair trades” practices? Does your understanding of Economics 101 condone the practice of the Korean Government auditing any Korean citizen that purchases an American automobile? How about American fruits, vegetables, poultry and beef sitting on docks for months in Japan awaiting an agricultural inspection? What do you think about China manipulating the value their currency against the dollar so that their products are cheaper? What about foreign Governments subsidizing private industry and then “DUMPING” their products in the U.S. at unrealistic non-competitive prices! Intellectual property theft or international patent infringement, the list is as huge as our 170 Billion dollar trade deficit!
In your 30 year scenario, what do you think the cost of today’s so-called “inexpensive” products will be when American manufacturing has been forced out of business and our presumably fair trade partners are free to charge what ever they want because of lack of competition? Read the books “Exporting of America” and “The Cost of Saving” or any of the other half a dozen or so books that chronicle America’s failed trade polices! I for one would prefer to pay the $50 instead of $30 for the kid’s toys, if that $20 investment meant saving American jobs and that is precisely why I refuse to shop at Wal-mart!
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Jim
So everyone hates that jobs are heading to China, but we would hate it more if the toys you buy for your kids cost $50 instead of $30.
What I dream of is that the unions continue fighting for higher wages to the point that their jobs are eliminated, then they can complain about the loss of jobs. Global market = less inefficiency = better value = higher quality & lower prices = less than average skilled people are out of work. In 30 years the USA will be a distribution and service country, not a manufacturing country for most industries.[/QUOTE]
mikejofgb,
Are you equally amused with America’s alleged trading “partners” and their so-called “fair trades” practices? Does your understanding of Economics 101 condone the practice of the Korean Government auditing any Korean citizen that purchases an American automobile? How about American fruits, vegetables, poultry and beef sitting on docks for months in Japan awaiting an agricultural inspection? What do you think about China manipulating the value their currency against the dollar so that their products are cheaper? What about foreign Governments subsidizing private industry and then “DUMPING” their products in the U.S. at unrealistic non-competitive prices! Intellectual property theft or international patent infringement, the list is as huge as our 170 Billion dollar trade deficit!
In your 30 year scenario, what do you think the cost of today’s so-called “inexpensive” products will be when American manufacturing has been forced out of business and our presumably fair trade partners are free to charge what ever they want because of lack of competition? Read the books “Exporting of America” and “The Cost of Saving” or any of the other half a dozen or so books that chronicle America’s failed trade polices! I for one would prefer to pay the $50 instead of $30 for the kid’s toys, if that $20 investment meant saving American jobs and that is precisely why I refuse to shop at Wal-mart!
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Jim
