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Posted by Paul in Mich on May 25, 2004 at 10:54:59 from (68.188.227.110):
In Reply to: Saving Gas posted by BobInMN on May 25, 2004 at 08:13:50:
Bob, First of all, when is the last time that manipulation of the economy was an answer to anything. The only thing that drives a healthy economy is supply and demand. That goes for wages, work hours and gasolene consumption. As to your 36 hour work week, why not 20 hours and that way you would be creating twice as many jobs as that already exist. First of all, im sure that that you probably picked 36 hrs as an arbitrary number because at 36hrs, companies still pay full time benefits. If your operation required 400 man hours per week to meet production requirements, at 40 hrs per week it would take 10 employees. If those same 10 employees worked 36 hrs, that would necessitate hiring an additional full time employee which increases the workforce by one and now you have 11 employees on full time benefits. Companies cannot afford to pay benefits on extra employees. It is more cost efficient to back down to nine or 8 employees and pay overtime. Believe me, if it was your company, and your money, you would look at things much differently than when you are an employee. Companies arent in the business of providing jobs. They are in business to make a profit for investors. Jobs are simply a means to that end. What will save money on gas is to drive less miles, and drive more fuel efficient cars. That should be a matter of choice, not a mandate as some folks want. I've said this many times before and I'll say it again, the problem is not the shortage of oil. The problem is that we have restricted the drilling of it, and the refining of it. The refineries we now have can not keep up with the demand, and worse yet is that each state has its own mandated blend which slows down the process. We have plenty of oil, and we need to start standing up to the environmentalists whose agenda is NOT to conserve and save the planet, but rather to render America impotent. Proof of this is the fact they (environmentalist wacos) don't wield nearly as much pressure on the Canadian government to restrict oil drilling in Canada as they do in the U.S.Our immediate question should be "why is it that drilling in Canada doesnt harm the environment and wildlife nearly as much as drilling for oil in Alaska"? Thats because environmentalist target the U.S.
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