tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post8599547154415297439..comments2024-03-28T02:46:41.090-05:00Comments on Supply and Demand (in that order): Hope for Robin Hood Needs A Rapid GM CollapseCasey B. Mulliganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317454408275318282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-60764373575203304882011-06-14T03:28:35.555-05:002011-06-14T03:28:35.555-05:00Once I initially commented I clicked the “Notify m...Once I initially commented I clicked the “Notify me when new feedback are added” checkbox and now each time a remark is added I get 4 emails with the identical comment. Is there any means you may take away me from that service? Thanks<br /><a href="http://www.blemishtreatmentsolutions.com/" rel="nofollow">blemish treatment</a>adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854754256142919671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-13064139328097952992008-11-21T13:36:00.000-06:002008-11-21T13:36:00.000-06:00I am disappointed by your apparent unwillingness t...I am disappointed by your apparent unwillingness to clearly state that the $70/hr figure does not represent compensation that current workers receive.<BR/><BR/>As you surely know, the figure has been widely cited to demonstrate how grosly overpaid UAW members are, and in some cases your post is cited.<BR/><BR/>I think you have an obligation to set the record straight in an unambiguous, non-waffling, statement.toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233268664502980176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-91953157532921905172008-11-19T12:17:00.000-06:002008-11-19T12:17:00.000-06:00Casey,Thanks for the addendum, but I'm not clear o...Casey,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the addendum, but I'm not clear on what you mean when you say some of the benefits "belong" (your quotes) to retired workers. Are these payments to retirees, or contributions to health and pension plans for current workers? <BR/><BR/>I looked at Mark Perry's data and the breakdown was not clear to me.<BR/><BR/>Can you point me to a good data source? I looked at GM's 10-K and it was unhelpful.<BR/><BR/>I'm not arguing that GM's labor costs are not higher than Toyota's, just that the widely publicized gap overstates the difference, does not actually reflect that big a difference in the cost of production labor today, and is being promoted, inaccurately, to advance the idea that "UAW workers are making $150K a year and that's outrageous."<BR/><BR/>Thank you.toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233268664502980176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-67324992003668086512008-11-18T15:11:00.000-06:002008-11-18T15:11:00.000-06:00Workers at GM, Ford, and Chrysler are not among th...<I>Workers at GM, Ford, and Chrysler are not among the poor by any definition: those workers' salary and benefits total more than $70 per hour!! Yes, I typed that correctly. Very few American workers earn that much per hour.</I><BR/><BR/>Doesn't the $70+/hr include the retiree costs? I am under the impression it is calculated by dividing labor costs, including retiree costs, by hours worked. <BR/><BR/>If so, it is plainly false to claim that the workers are earning more than $70/hr.toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233268664502980176noreply@blogger.com