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Very good read. Thanks for posting. nt stillwaiting Dec 2011 #1
+1 and have shared elsewhere. freshwest Dec 2011 #33
How much of these automakers' financial profitability comes from bringing jobs to the US The Genealogist Dec 2011 #2
Am I misunderstanding this factoid? LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #19
I was talking about their profits The Genealogist Dec 2011 #37
So you suspect that German workers are doing well on the backs of U.S. autoworkers. LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #39
Not just the US DissedByBush Dec 2011 #42
k&r for labor and for the truth. n/t Laelth Dec 2011 #3
+ underpants Dec 2011 #4
Except that in 2010 US produced nearly 7.8 million automobiles, not 2.7 million Fool Count Dec 2011 #5
You are correct dems_rightnow Dec 2011 #7
your OCIA source says 2.7 million cars, same as the OP. provis99 Dec 2011 #9
Perhaps it's cars vs commercial vehicles. progressoid Dec 2011 #10
that wikipedia article doesn't cite any sources. provis99 Dec 2011 #8
It wasn't wrong, but misread. n/t Fearless Dec 2011 #11
"cars" not "automobiles"....? kristopher Dec 2011 #24
This nationmaster site is a big pile of crap. Fool Count Dec 2011 #27
Figures from the GERMAN Auto Manufacturers Association econoclast Dec 2011 #40
Ouch--that is an enormous discrepancy. nt MADem Dec 2011 #44
In the US top management likes a hierarchy Turbineguy Dec 2011 #6
Damn what I would do for $67/hour Fearless Dec 2011 #12
The $67/hr usrname Dec 2011 #43
Cost of living over there is no pic-a-nic, even with the health coverage. MADem Dec 2011 #45
Pizza Hut smells like a tourist trap... Fearless Dec 2011 #47
No more so than McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken or MADem Dec 2011 #48
Well... Fearless Dec 2011 #49
I can understand. MADem Dec 2011 #50
K&R Love this!!!! stevenleser Dec 2011 #13
They have an actual industrial policy. A better model. I nail rabid cons I know with this. Populist_Prole Dec 2011 #14
As are the socialist countries of Scandinavia Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2011 #15
We had a choice int he past 20 years - compete w/ Europe or China/India elehhhhna Dec 2011 #29
Recommended bigtime! Bozita Dec 2011 #16
K. & R. Rochester Dec 2011 #17
govt health coverage. pansypoo53219 Dec 2011 #18
they also have apprenticeships-that PAY MONEY even, we should be more like Germany & Canada StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #20
We have apprenticeships that pay you while you learn - but hard work isn't held in high regard Edweird Dec 2011 #23
I was just reading a post on a technical forum about this.. Fumesucker Dec 2011 #21
This, perhaps, deserves it's own post. AllyCat Dec 2011 #31
K&R Lunabelle Dec 2011 #22
"Germany ... an economic model with more bottom-up worker control than that of any other country..." pampango Dec 2011 #25
By coincidence, I was just reading Mitt Romney's "thoughts" on this subject Jim Lane Dec 2011 #26
k&r Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #28
This is fascinating. Bookmarked for reference later when talking to wing nuts AllyCat Dec 2011 #30
K & R freshwest Dec 2011 #32
Approximately 5% unemployment rate even in the downturn hootinholler Dec 2011 #34
K&R please read abelenkpe Dec 2011 #35
But, we only pay 20-30% on less and they pay 50% in taxes on it all. Festivito Dec 2011 #36
K&R (n/t) a2liberal Dec 2011 #38
They can afford to pay people better in Germany because their CEO's and other 1% don't take as much. limpyhobbler Dec 2011 #41
I did an in-depth study of free speech rights and of employee's rights of representation JDPriestly Dec 2011 #46
du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2011 #51
K&R krispos42 Dec 2011 #52
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