UAW Local 112 President Working To Organize MBUSI

@highdesertcat I don't know. I would not have voted the last two times had I not had Poling duty. I just could not get behind either of the mainstream candidates. I can't speak for all Independents, but turnout in my district was downright pitiful the last two national elections. For me it is immaterial who gets elected because one is as bad as the other. Hence my equal disdain for both political parties. So now that the roles have reversed on Capitol Hill, the 'crats are the party of NO! Funny how that happens, eh? Long ago I consoled myself with the fact that America always gets exactly what we deserve, because we vote for it! So no matter who is in power in the White House, or who runs the Hill, I'm OK with that as long as they don't ask me to contribute to it or help pay for it. It's all based on how well I did under a president and administration. I did excellent under Reagan. Even better during Clinton. Pretty good with Shrub in spite of 9/11. The worst for me, until now, was Carter. Man, those years were the pits! But for me, O' is even worse, worse than Carter ever was, especially when it comes to our Medicare now -- critical to us since my wife is a three-time cancer survivor from three different cancers. Medicare now routinely disapproves payment for procedures required for cancer survivors, shuttling it to our deductible instead. Like for instance, a pelvic exam OR a pap-smear -- an annual requirement for cancer survivors, now only authorized every TWO years instead of once a year. We'll see how well the unions will like the healthcare changes mandated by O'b*m*care coming to their elaborate plans. I do recognize however that right now is a great time to buy a new car or truck because of the political stability and do-nothing Congress. Nothing to fear. Nothing untoward coming down the pike. The worst is behind us. These are the good old days of car buying. Well, at least for the next two years. But who knows after that?

Exactly. Stock buy backs primarily benefit large institutional shareholders. Sure, individual investors with 500 shares in a diversified portfolio see their GM stock go up 5% - hooray. I would have rather seen GM say, "we're dropping $5 billion on R&D and a quality improvement program." Stock buy backs are bad, very bad for long term performance of a company, and there is a growing amount of evidence to support that in things like a lack of innovation (in general - not pointed at a single industry) and wage stagnation.

Isn't what he outlined not directly tied to explicit pay raises? He is advocating for more control in how the system works in general.