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Will General Motors leave Detroit - and what will happen to the city?
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On Mon, 18 May 2009 08:30:42 -0400, the infamous "Buerste" scrawled the following: "krp" wrote in message ... What I find amusing with the "bailouts" etc is the plant closings by GM and Chrysler in the U.S. and the MASSIVE expansion of plants in other countries by both. Shipping almost 300,000 jobs off shore. GOOD PLAN GUYS! The UAW priced themselves right out of the market. The California Teachers Union have done the same thing with teachers. they rank highest in wages/bennies while the students rank second to the lowest in achievement. (Of course, the -many- millions of non- English-speaking illegals can't help their stats any.) From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1242...7457:b24594382 * OPINION * MAY 18, 2009 Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich Americans know how to use the moving van to escape high taxes. By ARTHUR LAFFER and STEPHEN MOORE --snip-- Those who disapprove of tax competition complain that lower state taxes only create a zero-sum competition where states "race to the bottom" and cut services to the poor as taxes fall to zero. They say that tax cutting inevitably means lower quality schools and police protection as lower tax rates mean starvation of public services. They're wrong, and New Hampshire is our favorite illustration. The Live Free or Die State has no income or sales tax, yet it has high-quality schools and excellent public services. Students in New Hampshire public schools achieve the fourth-highest test scores in the nation -- even though the state spends about $1,000 a year less per resident on state and local government than the average state and, incredibly, $5,000 less per person than New York. And on the other side of the ledger, California in 2007 had the highest-paid classroom teachers in the nation, and yet the Golden State had the second-lowest test scores. --snip-- -- No matter how cynical you are, it is impossible to keep up. --Lily Tomlin |
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