On 10/13/2011 11:11 AM, Robatoy wrote:
On Oct 13, 11:56 am, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 10/13/2011 8:52 AM, Robatoy wrote:









On Oct 13, 9:09 am, wrote:
Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote om:

On 10/12/2011 2:14 PM, Han wrote:
Larry wrote in
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IMNSHO, we will grow the economy more if we let the less affluent
buy more ...

GOOD punchline.g
(On the off chance that you're serious, what's your logic there?
How do the poor buy more?)

Getting more spending power into the hands of the less affluent
will lead to more purchasing of manufactured goods (my opinion).

Do you have any good ideas as to how to accomplish that? I'd love
it!

Good! Same as above: We would be even richer as a nation if the
resulting wealth was spread out more evenly, not going to
corporations and really rich people who can afford to stash it
abroad.

Sets see here Han do you want to share your wealth with me? Probably
not. Corporations which are made up of people and create jobs for
people should not be taxed at all. We don't want to bite the hand
that feeds us.

I am paying my fair share of taxes, as far as I can tell. I support in
various ways those around me. I have also offered (maybe in words that
were too obscure) my Akeda dovetail jig for any reasonable price, since
I didn't like it.

Corporations are structured in different ways. Some loose money, some
make a profit. Seems difficult to me to structure them so as to always
equitably remunerate ALL who contribute to the profit (if any). Look at
the car manufacturers. Because of the excessively adversary positions
between workers, management and investors everyone has lost lately. But
how do you make things really equitable??

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Best regards
Han
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You make things equitable by looking at the world through the
corporate MBA's greedy glasses. Like that **** that GM is pulling
these last couple of years. They compete by offering lower prices on
new cars, like Malibu, then completely rape you when it is time for a
brake job... and after market parts voids all warranties of course. My
close friend manages fleets of cars for a large leasing company
(77,000 cars at last count) and tracks all maintenance costs. GM
products through the roof. Not in terms of break-downs, but parts
costs. And get this: A Canadian built GM car, when bought in the
States, then brought back to Canada, will have its warranty voided.

Pass me the Vaseline PLEASE.

Unless Canada is different GM gains very little by you having your brake
jobs done at the dealership. IIRC the "cost" of parts for a brake job
was around $40 back in the 90's. None of the remaining profit on those
parts or labor went back to the GM.
Not sure how fleets are handled as they get pretty good purchasing perks
but the standard owners manuals DO NOT require GM parts for maintenance
items as long as they meet minimum requirements.

I cannot believe that buying a GM car in the US and taking it back to
Canada voids the warranty. I could believe that if you want the
warranty honored you have to take it back to the US.

Okay.. to be more specific.. Canadian GM dealers will not honour US
bought cars' warranties after they're registered in Canada. Of course
a travelling US car in Canada will be honoured. You slap on
DayTimeRunning lights and Canadian plates, the GM dealers and/or GM
Canada will NOT honour the warranty.

I can understand that.




In terms of brake parts pricing. Do an all-around brake job on a Ford
Fusion and a Malibu, and you will see a $1000.00 difference...at least
around here. Same deal with the OEM parts... I'm sure it is okay to
put somebody else's wiper blades on

That is the dealer sticking it to you but I can get brakes done at my
local chevy dealer for $350. My son just had that quoted to him.




My insurance policy does not cover my traveling into
Mexico 250 miles away.

Can you blame them, mang?