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Re: Qbasic - lies about Medicare

Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Date 2016-03-07 16:24 -0800
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Subject Re: Qbasic - lies about Medicare
From hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com

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On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 2:57:34 PM UTC-5, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> jmfbahciv <> writes:
> > Then the steel industry was unable to provide the different kinds
> > of steel that manufacturers wanted.  The small steel mills were
> > able to adjust but not the big ones.  The big ones also couldn't
> > convince the union to change methods so they could only sell
> > "one size fits all" steel.
> 
> much of the industry was looting revenue; not reinvesting in the
> business, and not fully funding pensions.

To be honest, I'm not sure I can blame the steel (or other) industries
for failing to fund pensions.  They had every reason to expect continued
growth and plenty of business to support pensions.  Also, I suspect
at the time (1960s), people weren't living as long as later, so they
expected less exposure.  Western Union also got hammered by hits 
pension obligations because it was a declining company.



> because they weren't reinvesting and keeping up with technology ... they
> start to see downturn (from competition) ... but it was accelerated
> because of pensions being paid out of current revenue. in downturn, it
> is possible for revenue to drop below the unfunded pension
> obligations. Having previously looted fully-funded pension obligations
> as profits ... then in any downturn they could reduce the number of
> current employees ... but they couldn't reduce past pension
> obligations. They eventually declare bankruptcy based on the unfuneded
> pension obligation ... dumping the obligation off onto PBGC (no
> "clawbacks" of previous payouts as profit instead of funding pensions).
> http://www.pbgc.gov/

It is true steel wasn't investing in technologies, and yes, part of
that was indeed a bad management decision.  But I think part of it
was that new technology was very expensive and they weren't sure of
getting good returns on it, so they stuck with what they had.  Also,
some of their newest mills were built in the 1950s and while obsolete
(still using open hearth), they weren't that old.

Part of the problem with steel was that in the early 1960s they had
granted extremely generous wage increases, and basically at that point
priced themselves out of business.  It was that, or sustain a very
long strike.  This applies to auto, too.

Regarding pensions, clearly bankruptcy laws need to be redone to
elevate pension obligations to the top of the pecking order, not
the bottom.  Too many companies, like the airlines, just walk away.

Frankly, this is a disgrace.  I don't understand why there isn't more
of a public outcry over it.  Supposedly, senior citizens are aggressive
voters, but pensions do not seem to be a big issue.


> another gimmick that industries used was changing the corporate
> structure so that profit was moved from heavy people intensive part of
> the business to subsidiary that required relatively few people. airline
> industry did this by structuring airline operations as break-even and
> moving profit to ticket (mostly computerized) subsidiary. The airline
> operations can be showing no profit while the parent company shows
> significant overall profit because the way it is booked with ticket
> sales. Showing no profit or even loss gives advantage in union/employee
> negotiations (even when parent company still shows significant profit
> because of the way books are done). They can even declare bankruptcy for
> the airline operations and dump the employee pension obligations on
> PBGC. A number of years ago, the parent company of one of the auto big
> three showed 5% of its profit from making cars, but 95% of its profit
> from financing the selling of cars (it was even possible for the
> making of cars shows loss while parent company is still showing
> significant profit).
> the books are cooked so the profit from operation that involves large
> number of people making something are moved into a different subidiary
> ... so the people-intensive operation shows break-even or loss.
> The latest gimmick is that the subsidiary (where the profits are being
> booked) is moved offshore ... so the profit shows up in an extremely
> attractive tax haven.


I don't know enough about accounting rules or government regulations
to stop this clearly unethical practice.  The Feds do have the power
to regulate interstate commerce and can put a stop to it if they
really wanted to, but these days 'regulation' is a bad word.

Again, I don't understand how workers so screwed by this sort of thing
are so passive about it.

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            Re: Qbasic pechter@chuckie.(none) (William Pechter) - 2016-02-25 17:28 +0000
        Re: Qbasic Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-02-25 08:11 -0800
        Re: Qbasic Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-25 10:40 -0600
        Re: Qbasic "hgww" <hgww@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 04:37 +1100
    Re: Qbasic Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-23 12:29 -0600
      Re: Qbasic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-24 13:55 +0000
        Re: Qbasic Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-24 15:24 -0600

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