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Detroit Bailout Will Subsidize UAW's Excessive Wages

By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
11/19/08 3:19 PM EST

Above data was obtained by The Heritage Foundation from indicated sources.

Want to know the basic reason the Big Three can't compete effectively with Asian manufacturers? Check out this chart prepared by The Heritage Foundation comparing bottomline costs of wages and benefits. The data comes from official sources, not Heritage:

 




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Nov 20, 2008

Lets pay our troops in Iraq 75/hr and let these bums go work in McDs

 

Nov 29, 2008

These numbers are twisted. What the Republican really want to do is fire everyone and hire them back at minimum wage without benefits. That is now the American way. All the best.

 


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