tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post5739825115307927239..comments2024-03-27T19:57:30.869-04:00Comments on Springfield Vermont News: Opinion: Put a hold on changes at Springfield HospitalSpringfield VT Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845498364686334900noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-72109058930573674672018-10-19T20:10:13.050-04:002018-10-19T20:10:13.050-04:00If you're not making at least $70,000 a year, ...If you're not making at least $70,000 a year, Roger, then Trump's tax cut is hurting you. Maybe you should be worried less about Guatemalans who would swell our population by 0.0012% (about as great in size on the body politic as a fingernail clipping on the human body) and a little more about why he should take money from you (and your grandchildren) to give to the 1% ?chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-30339524492715326652018-10-19T19:35:49.861-04:002018-10-19T19:35:49.861-04:00Watch out roger, thousands of illegal migrants are...Watch out roger, thousands of illegal migrants are coming across the southern border and will vote DEMOCRAT when they get here for the mid terms.<br />Hum what about the northern border. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-24362491110016563702018-10-19T19:09:27.107-04:002018-10-19T19:09:27.107-04:00VOTE DEMOCRAT ACROSS THE BALLOT. DUMP TRUMP.VOTE DEMOCRAT ACROSS THE BALLOT. DUMP TRUMP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-84338924126093492972018-10-19T15:28:59.094-04:002018-10-19T15:28:59.094-04:00Chuck You are making assumptions on my yearly sala...Chuck You are making assumptions on my yearly salary, so that's bogus. I still stand for Trump and the country we have now, and shutter to think what would happen if any of the socialite I listed get voted in, I don't want my grandchildren to live in a Socialist country like Venezuela, or China.<br />There is a reason that there are 4000 people on there way here from Guatemala, to take Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249438340756932292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-40284578203727832532018-10-19T14:42:53.370-04:002018-10-19T14:42:53.370-04:00Glad to know you're making over $70,000 a year...Glad to know you're making over $70,000 a year, Roger. Those of us who make less (over 50% of the country) are going to see our tax cuts disappear in five years, to be replaced by higher taxes-- and the less we make, the higher our taxes will be compared to the people earning more than us!! You people over $70,000 won't have that happen. And now Congress, having given $1 trillion to chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-69644783075706406252018-10-19T12:19:23.115-04:002018-10-19T12:19:23.115-04:00As is the case with most of our Politicians they b...As is the case with most of our Politicians they blow like the wind, so single him out of you want to but look at the results of what he has done. From a conservative's perspective he has kept most of his promises that matter to me, working to secure the border, increasing/rebuilding the military, and cutting taxes are 3 of the biggest. But watching the economy grow as well as the stock Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249438340756932292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-50117529671713895092018-10-19T10:22:41.917-04:002018-10-19T10:22:41.917-04:00Said our president who as a candidate took 121 dif...Said our president who as a candidate took 121 different positions on 26 topics. It all depends on who speaks to him last. chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-67834977856900066142018-10-19T09:59:41.312-04:002018-10-19T09:59:41.312-04:00but President Trump shot that idea down. "I&#...but President Trump shot that idea down. "I'm not touching Social Security," the president told The Associated Press.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249438340756932292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-81236215822809638412018-10-19T08:34:19.197-04:002018-10-19T08:34:19.197-04:00Correct Roger, I miss spoke, Trump has already red...Correct Roger, I miss spoke, Trump has already reduced taxes on the rich and now Mitch is looking for funds to fill the gap. SS and MC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-17408697288948227362018-10-19T07:06:37.785-04:002018-10-19T07:06:37.785-04:00More Fake News!More Fake News!Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249438340756932292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-65813364388981818452018-10-18T18:09:45.851-04:002018-10-18T18:09:45.851-04:00Mitch, Ryan, and Rubio have a good idea, eliminate...Mitch, Ryan, and Rubio have a good idea, eliminate Medicare and Social Security and forward those savings to the individuals that really need it, Trump's buddies, the filthy rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-54149193514381371222018-10-18T11:22:02.106-04:002018-10-18T11:22:02.106-04:00We DID elect them, Philip, starting with Reagan. N...We DID elect them, Philip, starting with Reagan. Now it's "Mourning in America!" No, MAGA will not bring back the good old days. For that, we'll need Unions and higher taxes. Globalism and supply-side economics are an ever-downward spiral. At some point, when they've run out of underdeveloped nations to exploit, it will cost more to produce a product than it can be sold for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-68130241094142261142018-10-18T10:49:53.247-04:002018-10-18T10:49:53.247-04:00Maybe you're right, Anonymous 7:00 AM. That w...Maybe you're right, Anonymous 7:00 AM. That was certainly a factor. Goldman was merely the bringer of the news. The business model did shift, as companies expanded into other countries for parts and labor, countries with very different conditions. There was money to be made, and not with unions. Unions, stuck in the old ways where a single wage earner could raise a family, where "Philip Caronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-55624212594647566592018-10-18T08:26:15.252-04:002018-10-18T08:26:15.252-04:007:00, you describe a replay of "Grounded,&quo...7:00, you describe a replay of "Grounded," the story of the bankruptcy of Eastern Airlines. The difference was that the various unions fought each other rather than co-operating to counter the predatory Frank Lorenzo (who lived comfortably ever after).<br /><br />There needed to be thinking outside the box. With the shop town mentality slowly dying off, the way is opening up for chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-83782954660643027492018-10-18T07:00:13.651-04:002018-10-18T07:00:13.651-04:00@ Philip 1:35 PM, Yes our local shops were unquest...@ Philip 1:35 PM, Yes our local shops were unquestionably world leaders for years. However the manufacturing business model changed in the '80s with the advent of very accurate, reliable CNC machine tools. Machines just like those manufactured by Blanchard, Bryants, Fellows and J&L. Such highly productive machines could out produce a manual machine on the order of 7:1. The new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-37871791786124857092018-10-17T13:35:35.976-04:002018-10-17T13:35:35.976-04:00Bryant, Fellows, and J&L did fine for years wi...Bryant, Fellows, and J&L did fine for years with unions in place. Bryant was the world leader in grinding machinery and technology for decades, while it was a union shop. Business, despite cycles seen as normal back then, was on average fine. Everything changed when a predator, Goldman, took over the shops. It wasn't the unions.Philip Caronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-35449936187046043672018-10-17T11:22:45.146-04:002018-10-17T11:22:45.146-04:00Just as I thought. The "contemporaries" ...Just as I thought. The "contemporaries" you spoke of are NOT in Springfield, they're somewhere else, as are the ones that left here. They didn't "inherit" anything; they hired it somewhere else. Apples and oranges. I worked in the machine tool industry for years, so I know how it "shakes out." I watched as all the non-Union shops went to China, but not beforeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-67759705480687532532018-10-17T09:02:31.424-04:002018-10-17T09:02:31.424-04:00My union experience was with nurses. The unionize...My union experience was with nurses. The unionized ones didn't put up with the cr*p a management imposes on non-unionized ones. They didn't have to.chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-82074222472267214592018-10-16T22:40:40.796-04:002018-10-16T22:40:40.796-04:00Springfield Hospital is a small community-based ho...Springfield Hospital is a small community-based hospital, trying hard to keep that 'home town' feel. However, with the Federal Government adding more and more regulations, and with American citizens becoming lawsuit happy, it is increasingly difficult to provide safe, quality and efficient care to the customers. I agree with a post above....Someone needs to look at the Administrators (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-1248942122524929482018-10-16T20:37:11.332-04:002018-10-16T20:37:11.332-04:00@ 7:04, I normally wouldn't engage in respondi...@ 7:04, I normally wouldn't engage in responding to idiot trolls, but just to prove the point to all readers here just how pathetically stupid you are, here's how it shakes out. This fall at IMTS no machine tool branded as Bryant, J&L, or Fellows was on exhibit. Meanwhile Haas has become the largest machine tool company worldwide. They produce more CNC lathes than all other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-63518122510312641402018-10-16T19:27:08.984-04:002018-10-16T19:27:08.984-04:00Oh, by the way, the companies didn't "fai...Oh, by the way, the companies didn't "fail." They're all doing very well, somewhere else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-91076085793617548332018-10-16T19:04:04.205-04:002018-10-16T19:04:04.205-04:006:07, could you please name the "non-union co...6:07, could you please name the "non-union counterparts" to the major manufacturers that left town? The number of people who work there, and the average salary they are paid? I don't see anything here that's even close to the type and level of employment that Fellows, Bryant, J&L, etc. had.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-32467118147079557932018-10-16T18:07:15.413-04:002018-10-16T18:07:15.413-04:00Chuck, my first hand experience working in a union...Chuck, my first hand experience working in a union environment contrasts starkly from what you suggest. When cut backs are warranted, be it lack of business or merger, those with least seniority go first. Backlash being, those that are the future of the company quickly become indifferent to job performance. Pay, promotions, and job security are all a function of tenure. Customer service, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-20718363207529680092018-10-16T17:55:25.850-04:002018-10-16T17:55:25.850-04:00Roger, hasn't trump taught you anything about ...Roger, hasn't trump taught you anything about cutting GOOD people down. He does it every day. And people like you laugh. Look at his "hired" cheer leading squad behind him at his rallies laughing along while he bullies whomever is the target at the moment. Just a bunch of a hols .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-44811121371975490362018-10-16T17:42:04.071-04:002018-10-16T17:42:04.071-04:00That's corporate doublespeak, 4:49. Not being ...That's corporate doublespeak, 4:49. Not being a "team player" means not going along with the corporate "policy," which usually means the employee refusing to do something illegal or unethical. I've gotten the boot more than once for that. It usually involves billing.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com