BadBoy@TheWheel

One, I said I didn't believe that "Politcal Think Tanks" were of any value at all, I didn't say the information was no good..There's a difference, and don't think they aren't influenced, who do you think financially supports them for all the research they do? (government grants maybe???? I might look into that)

Secondly talking about oil and gas is my business, and what economists obviously don't a. see or b. ignore hoping it will go away is the FACT that energy particularly GASOLINE, a traded commodity closely tied with the price of WTI (which a a totally bullshit benchmark and needs to be done away with) is no longer traded on the basis of supply and demand, and I know this to be a fact, there is no linearity at 100+$BBL. Period

Next, my attitude is, has and will always be that decent salaries stimulate the ecomomy, it's simple you don't have to be a Nobel Laurate to comprehend that the more you have, the more you're going to spend. That money works its way up to the top, then trickles back down, I don't see what's so difficult to uderstand.

A happy, well compensated workforce is historically more productive, don't cite a college prof, I'll tell you my company spent millions on an internal study to prove what I would have told them for free.

Unions are conglomerating, and to some degree there will be a ceiling to salaries for union workers, we are dealing with that on my side of the industry.

What we deal with is dangerous, and the workers we employ are employed to do a job that requires skill, a modern approach to problem solving, and a willingness and knowledge that they could easily sacrifice life and/or limb to manufacture the gas that your Prius needs

For that, they are compensated well, and have the best benefits we can afford to give them, in exchange for that we see very skilled workers coming into the workforce, less injuries, less days missed and our assets seem to operate better than they ever have...

Perhaps we are more profitable than ever because of political think tanks

Or just maybe....We know what the fuck we're doing

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Minor Axis

I've made my case here and in other posts regarding unions. I'm more than happy to allow other forum member to make up their own minds.

Just keep in mind I am biased for U.S. workers while Mulder is completely biased for corporations. He'll tell me not to think I deserve anything, while he completely skips over comments that accuse some CEOs of thinking they deserve to be rich. Why? Because according to him only the owners of businesses are important in this country. He'll deny it but just peruse his posts and it won't take long to figure out.

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"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"

Alien Allen

Unions suck

They served their purpose
With snake oil lawyers out there ready to sue at the drop of a hat and an overzealous govt micro managing everything unions are not needed.

Now lets get back to the Surge