On 28-Sep-2010, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

The productivity of minimum wage clerks HAS increased - they've been
partially displaced by "self checkout" at many retailers. A 25%
reduction
in checkout employees is a serious increase in productivity.

Or, even better yet, close the store in the US and open it as an
online-only retailer in India.

EXCELLENT point - the online and phone service support of most companies has
been in that mode to 10-15 years. It gains a terrific increase of
productivity. Lower cost, higher profits.


Oh wait, that doesn't actually increase productivity.

It absolutely does. Increased output with less labor (and therefore labor
costs) is increased productivity.

What does do is increase profits.

That's good TOO!

We agree!

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:29:46 GMT, "Colonel Kurtz"
wrote:


On 28-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

increased taxes? the US has one of the lowest effective corporate tax
rates in the OECD

oh. you didn't know that.

I'll help your comprehension of simple sentences. Many halfwits here blather
that taxes need to be higher.

they do.

Go for it - production will continue to flee,

prove it.

you will be poorer, and the downward spiral will continue faster than as
current.

prove it.


The U.S. has the 2nd highest corporate tax burden on the planet

wrong.

another piece of rightwing bull****

here's EVIDENCE that you're WRONG...as USUAL

http://www.americanprogress.org/issu...o_america.html

how do you feel when i keep treating your arguments like paul tibbets
treated hiroshima?

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:23:25 GMT, "Colonel Kurtz"
wrote:


On 27-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

"Foreign product" is relative to geography. If you are relating to the
former U.S., I PRODUCE foreign products.

no doubt defective baby strollers, meat with contamination, cars that
explode or other similar products

and lead based paint on the baby toys!!!


i thought you replaced that with asbestos...

On 28-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

and lead based paint on the baby toys!!!


i thought you replaced that with asbestos...

The asbestos is used in the insulated underwear.

On 28-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

another piece of rightwing bull****

here's EVIDENCE that you're WRONG...as USUAL

http://www.americanprogress.org/issu...o_america.html

how do you feel when i keep treating your arguments like paul tibbets
treated hiroshima?

Paul Tibbets made uninformed, midnless comments to the Japs? He hung out the
window of the Enola Gay and shouted "prove it?"

By the way, how's things at Amway?

"Colonel Kurtz" wrote in message
...

On 28-Sep-2010, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

The productivity of minimum wage clerks HAS increased - they've been
partially displaced by "self checkout" at many retailers. A 25%
reduction
in checkout employees is a serious increase in productivity.

Or, even better yet, close the store in the US and open it as an
online-only retailer in India.

EXCELLENT point - the online and phone service support of most companies
has
been in that mode to 10-15 years. It gains a terrific increase of
productivity. Lower cost, higher profits.


Oh wait, that doesn't actually increase productivity.

It absolutely does. Increased output with less labor (and therefore labor
costs) is increased productivity.

What does do is increase profits.

That's good TOO!

We agree!

Nope. Not for the worker laid off in the US. It increases profits for the
company, not worker productivity, which is what everyone is talking about...
But fine. No problem. Companies who move work offshore should have to pay a
penalty for this. Companies who hire in the US should get a tax break.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:06:58 GMT, "Colonel Kurtz"
wrote:


On 28-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

another piece of rightwing bull****

here's EVIDENCE that you're WRONG...as USUAL

http://www.americanprogress.org/issu...o_america.html

how do you feel when i keep treating your arguments like paul tibbets
treated hiroshima?

Paul Tibbets made uninformed, midnless comments to the Japs? He hung out the
window of the Enola Gay and shouted "prove it?"

hAHAHAHAH you dont know what he did??


By the way, how's things at Amway?

dont know. how's your pick cadillac?

you mary kay fanatics...

On 28-Sep-2010, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

It absolutely does. Increased output with less labor (and therefore
labor
costs) is increased productivity.

What does do is increase profits.

That's good TOO!

We agree!

Nope. Not for the worker laid off in the US. It increases profits for the
company, not worker productivity, which is what everyone is talking
about...
But fine. No problem. Companies who move work offshore should have to pay
a
penalty for this. Companies who hire in the US should get a tax break.

Companies that move offshore have no reason to have a legal or physical
presence in the former U.S.

"Colonel Kurtz" wrote in message
...

On 28-Sep-2010, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

It absolutely does. Increased output with less labor (and therefore
labor
costs) is increased productivity.

What does do is increase profits.

That's good TOO!

We agree!

Nope. Not for the worker laid off in the US. It increases profits for the
company, not worker productivity, which is what everyone is talking
about...
But fine. No problem. Companies who move work offshore should have to pay
a
penalty for this. Companies who hire in the US should get a tax break.

Companies that move offshore have no reason to have a legal or physical
presence in the former U.S.

?? Like major banks and oil companies? That's fine if they don't want to
sell anything here.