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Posted at 7:58am on Sep. 25, 2007 The UAW follows the OJ-Simpson model
By Gryphon
Monday, September 24, 2007
Tactics from 1970 don't fit '07 reality
Daniel Howes, detnews.com
Just when it looked like Detroit's auto industry was poised for a breakthrough deal, the United Auto Workers strikes General Motors Corp. and we're back to 1970 all over again.
But it's not 1970, except here in Michigan. GM doesn't dominate its home market; foreign-owned rivals do. The UAW doesn't represent the growing work forces at rivals operating down South -- and probably won't anytime soon should this walkout become a recruiting poster for anti-UAW forces from Alabama to Texas.
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Posted at 7:18pm on Feb. 5, 2007 John Edwards’ Universal Health Care plan, the numbers game
By Gryphon
John Edwards’ Universal Health Care plan estimates seemed a tad ‘light’, so I put together some really rough numbers just to sanity check. The following are my highly conservative numbers:
300 Million – estimate of 2006 United States population, excluding illegals
$100/year/citizen – call it administrative costs or a ‘premium’
$100/year/citizen – average for ‘preventative’ checkups (since its “free” everyone will want one)
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