***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[sundoobie]

So in 2 days we will find out how the wealthy governs.

Net worth of Trump's cabinet;

Betsy DeVos, nominated for secretary of education, $5 billion
Linda McMahon, small business administrator, $1.35 billion
Vincent Viola, Army secretary, $1.77 billion
Steve Mnuchin, Treasury, $46 million
Wilbur Ross, commerce secretary, worth $2.5 billion
Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson, secretary of state, $365 million
Ben Carson, housing and urban development secretary, $26 million
Elaine Chao, transportation secretary, $16.9 million
Jeff Sessions, attorney general $7.5 million
Tom Price, health and human services secretary $13.6 million

I can only imagine their net worth in 4 years. I am sure these wealthy Americans know exactly how working-class Americans are suffering. Basically big Corps are now in charge of America including it's military so without a doubt our military will fight for oil and territory to further the US elite. Might as well change the US Govt form of accounting to a for profit basis of accounting.

...getting new plants up to full production in recent years in Mississippi and Alabama due to an untrained - and often illiterate - workforce."The educational level and the skill level of the people down there is so much lower than it is in Ontario,"

Are we really surprise at this? I am sure all this is because of Obama/Liberals and their push for common core educational standards!?

 

[moe fab]

Dogg, how he eat all the fries n leave the big mac

 

[EddieDoyers]

Dogg, how he eat all the fries n leave the big mac

Because he always needs some salt in his life first

 

[RustyShackleford]

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/8/128994/-

Why Toyota chose Canada over Alabama/Mississippi.
Jul 08, 2005 11:03pm EDT by wegerje
Comment large165
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(From the diaries. More evidence that an educated workforce and government-subsidized health care are the best forms of economic development -- kos)

They got a $125 Million is subsidies from the Canadians. But that wasn't what sealed the deal, because several southern states offered nearly double the subsidies. What sealed the deal was the quality of education that their potential workers in Canada possesed.

The extra subsidies offered by the U.S. state would have been eaten up by the need to train and educate the workers in those states to the standards of a modern mechanized and digitized automobile plant. CBC news reports:
The factory will cost $800 million to build, with the federal and provincial governments kicking in $125 million of that to help cover research, training and infrastructure costs.
Several U.S. states were reportedly prepared to offer more than double that amount of subsidy. But Fedchun said much of that extra money would have been eaten away by higher training costs than are necessary for the Woodstock project.

He said Nissan and Honda have encountered difficulties getting new plants up to full production in recent years in Mississippi and Alabama due to an untrained - and often illiterate - workforce. In Alabama, trainers had to use "pictorials" to teach some illiterate workers how to use high-tech plant equipment.

"The educational level and the skill level of the people down there is so much lower than it is in Ontario," Fedchun said.

It's ironic that those southern states were willing to fork over the money to get the plant, but not to spend the same money to raise the educational standards in their schools. It's a classic penny-wise, pound-foolish approach.

But what about a northern state with better education. Well too bad northern states, you also are being "penny-wise and pound-foolish".

Only now it's health care that is a show stopper"

In addition to lower training costs, Canadian workers are also $4 to $5 cheaper to employ partly thanks to the taxpayer-funded health-care system in Canada, said federal Industry Minister David Emmerson.
"Most people don't think of our health-care system as being a competitive advantage," he said.

Tanguay said Toyota's decision on where to build its seventh North American plant was "not only about money."

"It's about being in the right place," he said, noting the company can rely on the expertise of experienced Cambridge workers to help get Woodstock up and running.

Sensible chuckle

 

[Based Jesus]

Dogg, how he eat all the fries n leave the big mac

I always eat my fries first too. I have an eating system that makes sense in my head 

 

[moe fab]

I mean, i get it, but i always leave a few fries for when im done with my burger

 

[noskey]

Dogg, how he eat all the fries n leave the big mac

Because he always needs some salt in his life first

A+. Repped.

 

[AEA18]

In Alabama, trainers had to use "pictorials" to teach some illiterate workers how to use high-tech plant equipment.

 

[Nawzlew]

Dogg, how he eat all the fries n leave the big mac

I always eat my fries first too. I have an eating system that makes sense in my head 

bro i thought i was the only one


sides first.

 

[whywesteppin]

cause he's selfish. nobody's gonna steal a bite of your big mac but they'll grab a couple fries. so you eat those first before anyone can mooch.

 

[moe fab]

Man, if i see you eat all your fries without touching the big mac, that **** is fair game

 

[RustyShackleford]

What some might miss in the article is that those companies passed on the Sunbelt, not Rustbelt.

So it is not only Mexico, Canada and robots that are "stealing" these factory jobs from the Rustbelt, so is the deep south.

Same thing I tried to explain to the Joke...r a while back. Even if manufacturing jobs do come back (which the won't) there is no guarantee they would go to the Rustbelt.

 

[RIP sleazyy]

Eat fries until halfway done.

Add remainder to burger.

Feast.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Trump the type of dude to eat all the chicken skins off the KFC bucket, and leave the bare chicken for the squad.

 

[RIP sleazyy]

 

[EddieDoyers]

Eat fries until halfway done.

Add remainder to burger.

Feast.

This.
Gotta balance the time of eating fresh fries and a burger so that you can enjoy the whole meal without it getting cold

 

[whywesteppin]

Eat fries as you walk to wherever you're going to sit down. Eat a few more fries while you set-up your eating area. Then go for the burger. That's standard protocol. Anything else will raise suspicions.

 

[moe fab]

Sounds like some extreme vetting there buddy

 

[Nawzlew]

cause he's selfish. nobody's gonna steal a bite of your big mac but they'll grab a couple fries. so you eat those first before anyone can mooch.

bruhh

das me.

get yo own damn fries

 

[EddieDoyers]

I just don't get why one would drink diet soda with a meal though
You're eating something unhealthy already
Might as well drink regular coke
Enjoy the damn sugar

 

[moe fab]

Kuz you dont wanna get fat...duh

 

[EddieDoyers]

Kuz you dont wanna get fat...duh

Thin people don't drink diet soda #TrumpFact

 

[moe fab]

But the great pumpkin does, so...

 

[osh kosh bosh]

#MAPLETOWER

 

[sfc415]

Sensible chuckle

@Shogun is putting you on his potential terrorist list for pointing out illiteracy in this country. Watch out.