I wish I could name the names, and there is a bit of a misunderstanding here. I don’t manufacture products for consumers. My parts go into the devices consumers buy.

The problem with your argument is that firms I worked for did/do indeed make a better product. You may note how long we’ve had the highest productity in the world? I’ve sat across board room tables from people to whom I had presented factual evidence that their landed costs would be higher and quality would suffer,…

Enjoy your life. I’m about to retire soon and I’ve had this debate. You lack vision. Good luck.

It’s weird. The one thing that will make me stop anything to take a look is a big shiny blower.

You know lizard people are the real concern here. I say get straight to them.

Ah, at least they know better than to even invite me.

Damn that must be one tasty boot.

Question: The current NHRA funny car speed record is 339.87mph.

Welcome to my nightmare.

“These jobs are portable and our labor is expensive, the long-term trend is downward and will continue to be so without anti-capitalistic influences.”

Labor is a big component, but so is subsidized industry (Chinese statist-capitalism). I manufacture wiring harnesses. Chinese manufacturers have a 40% advantage from the start. I have to split our business through Chinese “partners” and our plant, depending on many factors, none of which are legitimate. I hate…

Hardly. They’re just the last in the progression from Reagan to robber barons. Meet the new globalist plutocrat. Same as the old globalist plutocrat.

Hundreds of millions of $$ spent each year by the health care lobby?

No evidence of such at the current time from my perspective as a US manuf. exec. However, I am in Texas and you know we’ll be the last...

One time back in the ‘80's it did snow in Austin and I had to walk to the store. No way I was running out of beer.

I’d feel bad for you, but I’m from TX and Greg Abbott probably said something today.

Can you still do that?

Meh, legs are overrated.

The last one wins and you all know why.

“The bike was rare and expensive”