Larry Gude
Strung Out
So how would you like to have a job where the work you do has to support the retirement, not the poor output but the retirement, of 4 people plus your own wages?
Tariffs on imported steel are on the way thanks to the President. Some estimates say it will cost each family some $2,500 a year due to cheaper steel we DON’T get due to the tariffs. Think of everything we buy that has steel in it: Appliances, cars, buildings.
Our domestic steel industry is on the book, which is to say owes, retirement benefits to 600,000 people who worked long and hard. People who helped win our wars and helped make the US what we are today in terms of industrial might. There are only some 150,000 people who work in the industry today. It's kind of tough to have a workforce of X and a payroll of X times 4 and still survive.
This is a snapshot of where Social Security is headed, the piper calling to get paid.
So, goodbye tax break and free trade.
If you want something to bitch about, well, how much did Enron cost you personally?
Nothing? More than $2,500 a year?
Tariffs on imported steel are on the way thanks to the President. Some estimates say it will cost each family some $2,500 a year due to cheaper steel we DON’T get due to the tariffs. Think of everything we buy that has steel in it: Appliances, cars, buildings.
Our domestic steel industry is on the book, which is to say owes, retirement benefits to 600,000 people who worked long and hard. People who helped win our wars and helped make the US what we are today in terms of industrial might. There are only some 150,000 people who work in the industry today. It's kind of tough to have a workforce of X and a payroll of X times 4 and still survive.
This is a snapshot of where Social Security is headed, the piper calling to get paid.
So, goodbye tax break and free trade.
If you want something to bitch about, well, how much did Enron cost you personally?
Nothing? More than $2,500 a year?