Ya know those hats and shirts we give away are like $15 each. We have them made here on Long Island. So YOUR business helps OUR business and helps ANOTHER small business on Long Island. Basically 5 companies benefit when you buy a fog kit from us, 6 technically
1) The Light Company
2) Us
3) Our Sheet Metal partners
4) Their powder coating partner
5) Out apparal company
6) My wiring guy
7) We can also throw the box company into the mix sine we have to ship the box
8) The shipping company
So basically 8 companies get paid by the time you guys get a fog light kit from us. You can see how those CRAZY PROFITS dissapear fast
This is where my mind goes when I read these discussions or ones about those greedy auto workers wanting more money lol. It always boils down to this for me: Where the F@ck do people think those dollars their fellow blue collar workers want, will go? We’re a nation of born and bred consumers. If we make more money, we f’ing spend it. For better or worse, every one of those dollars benefit whole communities and to some degree our nation. They’re buying cars, televisions, off road lights, groceries, ice cream, you name it. Henry Ford, who advocated for higher wages and shorter work hours wasn’t a humanitarian (as evidenced by his anti-semitism and often brutal anti-union actions). He was a Capitalist. He knew that if people had disposable income and spare time, they would spend both stimulating the economy. And it worked.
I’ve got to stay out of these threads for my own health. My blood pressure skyrockets and trying to encapsulate this topic in a few words on the internet is too difficult. I find it deeply disheartening to watch people attack and denigrate their fellow workers and community members while their real enemies are laughing all the way to the bank, as they always have, regardless of the theoretical economic or political systems they exist under. Jay Gould may be incorrectly credited with this quote, but its truth sadly rings true still today; You could hire half of the middle class to kill the other half. I won’t pretend to be an economic expert or have all the answers like so many on the internet, but I do believe we need to find a way to acknowledge the greed and jealousy that’s so pervasive in our culture and think carefully about the true source of our discontent. I suspect we would learn that our biggest enemy is much closer to us than we realize. I know for me personally, I see him daily in the mirror.
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