tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post5627877513581408704..comments2024-02-28T04:20:40.719-06:00Comments on THE LAST LIBERAL STANDING: Ding Dong Death WatchBob Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-23002251813416863332012-11-17T15:30:59.847-06:002012-11-17T15:30:59.847-06:00A good read on the Subject<a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-16/hostess-liquidation-curious-cast-characters-twinkie-tumbles" rel="nofollow">A good read on the Subject</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303771842312819728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-13339716462956516142012-11-17T15:08:56.575-06:002012-11-17T15:08:56.575-06:00You don’t really want to play by the same rules as...You don’t really want to play by the same rules as business. Business owners typically don’t take their share until all of their employees are paid and all of their other business bills are paid.<br /><br />For every successful rich person, there were many more who tried to become rich but lost everything. Why is it that so many people want a greater share from those who have succeeded, but don’t want to share in the losses of those who failed to become rich?<br /><br />What if the business you work for fails? How would you like to pay back all of the salary you earned? You got to keep the money, but the business owner or his/her investors lost that money. Do you really want to play by those rules?<br /><br />And how would you like to work 12+ hours per day trying to abide by all of the regulations increasingly heaped upon businesses by the government?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303771842312819728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-60350674431251805982012-11-17T15:07:23.617-06:002012-11-17T15:07:23.617-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303771842312819728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-29972916214216606732012-11-16T07:42:36.314-06:002012-11-16T07:42:36.314-06:00Barry, Thanks for finding my blog and joining the ...Barry, Thanks for finding my blog and joining the conversation.<br /><br />As I reply to you this morning Hostess has announced they will cease operation and immediately fire all 19,000 employees. The asserts, most importantly product names and recipes will be sold. Buyers will undoubtedly relocate manufacturing to non-union states. <br /><br />The Teamsters Union had agreed to the proposed new contract and had quite literally begged the Baker's Union to hold a secret ballot of members. The Bakers Union has refused.<br /><br />Indeed, you are quite correct. $17.00 an hour, or about $36,000.00 a year isn't much, especially compared to the District of North Vancouver Government Salaries you recently posted on your blog. But the fight was also over a rich pension benefit that was unsustainable. The court proposed to reduce it by 2/3rds. Medical insurance was also a factor.<br /><br />If you'll pardon my pun, American consumers want to have their cake and eat it, too. The Union Lable, proudly displayed on every package of Hostess Twinkies, didn't prod consumers to purchase the Hostess snacks at $3.00 +++ per package instead of the $1.79 packages of comparable non-union Little Debbie snacks.<br /><br />By the way, the Hostess CEO, who I believe deserves most of the blame for the company's failure was fired about a year ago. The company was being run by an interim turn-around specialist.<br /><br />Bob Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-17273841247729902942012-11-15T18:57:56.563-06:002012-11-15T18:57:56.563-06:00$17 per hour hardly qualify as "high" wa...$17 per hour hardly qualify as "high" wages. How much is the CEO getting paid?Barry Ruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650135756032559878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-53201625260679078242012-11-15T18:57:36.272-06:002012-11-15T18:57:36.272-06:00$17 per hour hardly qualify as "high" wa...$17 per hour hardly qualify as "high" wages. How much is the CEO getting paid?Barry Ruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650135756032559878noreply@blogger.com