3rd World? What happened to the 2nd World?
Tracy Johnson
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Carly makes the news and I agree
> with what she is > saying
>
> Henry Ford made it a point to make his Model-T auto so that his
> employees could afford it. That is good business sense to me.
> If you end
> up sending all your manufacturing and jobs overseas, eventually,
> Americans will not be able to afford the products produced by American
> corporations... Oh, wait... I think we are there NOW! We do have to
> compete in the world market, but we also have to be socially
> responsible, or it will impact the bottom line.
>
> Best I can tell, we are MBAing our way into being a third
> world country.
>
> But like you said, nothing is simple.
>
> Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of James Hofmeister
> Sent: 2009-02-11 02:37
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> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Carly makes the news and I agree with what
> she is > saying
>
> This all brings up a good point of what our expectations are of a US
> based
> corporation is and more so does our form of government support those
> expectations and ideals?
>
> - Is it an expedition that a US public corporation will achieve long
> term
> growth to support investors?
>
> - Is it an expectation that a US corporation will pay taxes to support
> the
> government and infrastructure that it operates under?
>
> - Is it an expectation that a US corporation will employ people to
> support
> the location (City, State and Country) that it operates in?
>
> - Is it an expectation that a US corporation will meet the above goals
> and
> at the same time compete in a world market?
>
> If these are the goals and ideals, then it seems relatively simple to
> implement rules and, specifically financial incentives / disincentives
> to
> support the Ideals? ...but then again I am not a politician
> and nothing
> is
> simple :)
>
> -j
>
>
>
> Their motives might be dubious but, the law of unanticipated
> consequences can have positive as well as negative effects. When
> people play with their own money then they usually adopt far more
> prudent behaviour than if not. If they do not, then it is their
> money and not the public's that is lost.
>
>
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