tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post8917254216735594521..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Obama setbacks are good newsScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-61456433138399096752009-04-21T10:41:00.000-07:002009-04-21T10:41:00.000-07:00Steve-
Just a little thought to chew on...there ar...Steve-<br />Just a little thought to chew on...there are many other considerations that businesses look at when choosing to invest than just the wage. While certainly a big factor, the raw wage is not the only factor holding the US worker back. As Scott rightly points out, productivity is a big part of it, but so are other factors like speed and project execution. China is taking so much more Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-35149842344622136502009-04-21T10:01:00.000-07:002009-04-21T10:01:00.000-07:00Check out this article in Business Week:
http://w...Check out this article in Business Week:<br /><br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30229507/from/ET/<br /><br />Some tidbits: the U.S. remains the premier manufacturer in the world. Our factories produce 2 1/2 times as much as Chinese factories. US factories produced $1.6 trillion in 2007, nearly double the $811 billion produced a decade earlier.<br /><br />What's even more impressive is that the Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-14472967379580961062009-04-21T09:27:00.000-07:002009-04-21T09:27:00.000-07:00Your title for this post is sad but true. I hate r...Your title for this post is sad but true. I hate rooting against our President but given the choice between his plans and my kids' wallets the choice is easy.<br /><br />On the free trade issue I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about how American workers can offset the downward pressure on wages from global competition. It seems hopeless in the long run, until 50-cents-per-day wages in Steve Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770003896783381086noreply@blogger.com