Snap On

Snap-On has created marketing hype that sells tools. You can get equal quality with other brands. I buy whatever works for me and it isn't Snap-On

Yes I'm a Union worker or was when working, and I would catch he** from other Union workers when I bought products that were made in the USA but not Union. I tried to explain that it was buy non-Union or buy from another country. To me our money has to stay in the USA for products made in the USA to keep any job base for Americans. Take poster "paul" for an example, I would buy his beans and corn and pay a higher price just because paul was here in the USA and would enjoy every bite. Alot of people now days just don't care where there food or other products are from. Paul has to make sure his harvest workers are "clean" when workers harvest his crops. Do other country's require this cleaness? It's been proven that they don't! Clean = washing hands after using the restroom amoung other things!

Until till American people are more concerned about where they buy there products, I feel there's not going to be a turn in direction and we will continue to loose jobs and Companys. It's the American people that can make a difference if they just buy products made in the USA.

T_Bone

I have, of course, no employees, and want it that way. I do my own work. I prefer doing on my own, with my own. I know I am kidding myself, but I prefer to be very independent - of govt, unions, employees, bosses...

I guess the concept of becoming unionized - all joining together & thinking/working the same way - just rubs me the wrong way. I can't help that. I would just be miserable that way. I'm not against many of the goals of unions, but the concept of yet another layer of bosses over my head telling me what to do.

It just bugs me that this guy comes around & tries to tell me what tools to buy, for example. That is MY business. Rubs me the wrong way.

I think you will find a higher percent of farmers & ranchers feel like I do.

And, of course, beans & corn don't have many rules, as they are feed & industrial commodities. Truck farms have the rules you speak of. :)

It does not help that unions generally support a political party that wants to eliminate my way of life. As Gore said, it's about time we get rid of agriculture in the USA and let the third world feed us..... Jimmy Carter didn't do me any favors with his grain embargos, and he was supposed to be a farmer.

Just my narrow opinion of my world, no flames or bad feelings towards you.

--->Paul

I don't know who started " I want to be led around by the nose" but I sure wish they'd kept that idea to themselfs. I for one do not need someone telling me what to do or how to do it. The reason I joined the labor Union as I got tired of working for peanuts. Without joining hands with other workers It was very difficult to get a decent wage for a hard days work. I think some farmers did the same by forming the Co-op?

I also wanted to farm at one time but I never could make it pay on paper and sure didn't figure it'd work in real life if it didn't work on paper!

You'll love this one. Here in Arizona there talking about making the farmers close to the major cities water the fields before they plow to keep air polution down in the cities. They say dust is a major contributer but not there 50 million cars and trucks running around. I can't believe that there close to getting that one in! They have went as far as paving over 2000 miles of dirt roads with some only having one family living at the end of the raod. All construction projects now have to water before they can work the soil and it carry's a big fine when they catch them not watering and they got 50 people riding around just to spot the offenders.

As far as Unions wanting to support a party thats hurts you, I never seen them intentionlly single out farmers nor say anything bad about farming. They do want whats best for them and yes it rolls over too harming someone else just as any decision does and if it got you, I'm sorry.

I personally was born 200yrs to late in life. I still think with the way our system is now we're destroying the ecology faster than it can repair it self and our children will suffer greatly from it. I do believe our forfathers had a greater love for the land than we do and would be appalled at what we have done. People are going to awaken one day and realize that all life is "family love" and food, shelter and clothing is all that is required to enjoy it.

T_Bone

Hey, your message sounds good. :) Have a good one,

--->Paul

The facts are that we are losing jobs to countries where labor is cheaper.

The facts also are that the for every Dollar we buy of Mexican products, the Mexicans buy a Dollar worth of goods and services from us. Unfortunately we lose some low paying jobs but we at least sell them something in return.

The alternative is to buy something from Asia. 100% of the Asian countries sell us more goods and services than we sell to them. Thus, for example, we buy $1 from China and they buy about 20 cents from us. A loss of 80%.

So, thanks for NAFTA as we get 100% of what we spend on imports back from Canada and Mexico rather than losing up to 80% of our Dollar on Asian imports.

So tell the unions and other to get the story straight before making uninformed statements! The overall picture with NAFTA isn't perfect but it is far better than the alternatives.

T_Bone

So, I couldn't afford your product no matter who wins.

We all have an axe to grind, plumhigh do you care any more about my situation than I care about yours?

--->Paul

For all of you that assume that I'm a union member, I'm not. And plumhigh has nothing to do with drug use.