Not just the ash borers, but we get to deal with Asian Longhorned Beetles trying to invade now, too - and on top of that, there’s a nematode that’s killing off the Birches.  

Slight correction - BMW is the largest exporter by value, not by number.  Ford exports more vehicles - they’re just cheaper.

How foreign is Daimler Truck, though?  Most of their ops are from domestic companies they bought and never moved.

Toyota currently claims a total of 36,657 employees in the US. If you look on their page, they like to hide behind the figure of 179,000 in the US, but that’s counting all dealership jobs, which aren’t included in the Big 3 figures. The 36,657 figure may be accurate, but in the past they’ve left some outdated numbers…

Sorry, but if you actually watch, google maps will suck a good amount of cell data if you use it, even if you download maps on wifi.

Google maps and Waze are only free if you discount the cost of the data that they consume.

There are also other benefits. Often you get a larger screen, you don’t consume your cell battery (try leaving Waze on with the screen on and see how fast the battery on your phone dies), you don’t lose navigation for any length…

Because he has no logical argument.

Somehow he believes that GM has no choice but to cut quality to offset higher hourly labor rates but can’t comprehend that productivity can vary.

Hell, I’ve paid contractors in the US significantly higher hourly rates than contractors in the same field in India.  Those in the US did…

and that’s just to start.

1) Janus only affected public unions
2) Membership has been dropping and fast (see wisconsin if you want to see the future for membership)
3) Game theory will tell you that as more people opt out, the pressure on the remainder to do the same only increases, and you have a cascading effect
4) Opting out doesn’t mean…

Sorry, but you’re freaking clueless.

You can’t even get over yourself to understand that something as simple as lower profits or higher productivity can more than offset higher hourly wages.

Look, I do this ALL the time. We make higher quality products, get people to pay more, make more money, and do it all at a lower…

Double bullshit.

You could always give up a hair of profit margin to make up the miniscule difference. That’s just one example.

Hell, the company I work for pays us at a premium. We sell products at a premium and don’t skimp on quality. How the hell is that possible in your world?

And FCA isn’t a non-sequitur.  If unions…

Wow - you don’t get it, do you?

Under Janus, there is NO reason for anyone to contribute union dues.  They get the exact same deal if they pay or if they don’t.  Anybody with any experience in game theory will tell you what happens when you create that situation.  You aren’t forcing unions to be more responsive and…

And the reason the union insists that “management does it right” is that legally, they can be sued by the worker if they don’t make sure management does it right...  Federal law forces them to provide defense for workers that even they admit should go.

And guess what GM has to do to compensate for higher labor cost v. a non union shop to stay competitive?

Unfortunately with Janus, there is NO incentive for workers to EVER contribute dues.  It’s gone WAAAY too far in the other direction, just like conservatives wanted.

There’s a serious catch-22 in the law.

Unions have to represent every worker covered under their contract. If a worker feels the union did not represent them well, they can sue the union and the union is responsible for paying for the worker’s representation.

It creates a situation where unions have an incentive to…

Funny, you posted this same nonsense to me earlier and then deleted it.

Look at the Yuan vs. the Dollar and Euro over the past year. Absolutely flat vs. the Euro, BARELY down vs. the Dollar - only about 5% down. That’s nothing in foreign currency markets. Hell, the Canadian Dollar has dropped almost as much vs. the USD…

Production isn’t moving to the US.

“plummeting”? Exact same exchange rate vs. the Euro as a year ago, and only a hair down vs. the Dollar. Even looking at the Hang Seng, you’d have to be pretty freakin’ high on something to call that plummeting.

Oh, I’d LOVE to hear your explanation as to how Trump’s methods are genius.