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Originally Posted by Uzzy
Middle class? The UAW is well above that. $100,000 with some overtime? I wish I could pull that in. I'd be lucky if I got half.
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You've seen what some of the math looks like. However, I suspect that the Chinese government would roll in with tanks if those people stood up to demand even a fraction of the class of life a UAW worker gets. I actually have a certain sympathy for the UAW worker, it is not unlimited but the figures that joemac mentions are the basic requirements if you plan any pretension of a middle class life and intend for your wife to raise your children without having to juggle a second job with it. By basic requirements, I mean a minivan for the family to be transported in, something a bit more sporty for you to drive to work, a average priced single family home, things like that. I concur that when line workers gripe at Lutz for pricing Cadillacs out of their reach, and some complain about having to give up the vacation home I get pissed, too.
Trouble is that if you visit the NLC website, you'll begin to discover the sheer rot involved here. Getting their hands on Toyota will be a big step, but I'm suspecting that if we knew the real cost of what we buy, we'd think twice about it.
Of course, that could become academic...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusian_catastrophe