OT- Caterpillar considering leaving Illinois

[AZ BU Fan]

Agree SFP, but what concerns me is the supply side economic theories that help create this mess!

What concerns me are the "Obamanomics" theories that are cheapening the dollar and borrowing/spending the country into oblivion.....

Dems and Unions vs Republicans and Corporations....with the Banks and Wall Street playing both sides. Corruption vs Corruption.....
Hard to pick a side on the high ground....

[Chico]

Hopefully the beleagured salaried, and salried retirees, put a little of their Cat pay and profit sharing $$ into Cat stock along the way (with the Compay match) and let the dividends re-invest.....

I did, and thirty five years later, I'm pretty happy with Caterpillar!

I know I did and most of salaried employees I know did also. Lucky we did because of all the cuts we've endured the last several years. Many of them retired way too early as they find out when they reach social security age, and had to get another job. I'm happy with Cat because of their stock plan I belonged to, but not the way they've treated their salaried employees.

[SFP]

What concerns me are the "Obamanomics" theories that are cheapening the dollar and borrowing/spending the country into oblivion.....

Dems and Unions vs Republicans and Corporations....with the Banks and Wall Street playing both sides. Corruption vs Corruption.....
Hard to pick a side on the high ground....

With the working middle class and small businesses holding the bag! Dems want to spend more and Republicans want to further create an unfair advantage for the large corporations.

I just wish someone would come along and be able to educate the masses on what is truly going on and perhaps develop a climate which truly rewards innovation and hard work.

[Beninator]

What concerns me are the "Obamanomics" theories that are cheapening the dollar and borrowing/spending the country into oblivion.....

Dems and Unions vs Republicans and Corporations....with the Banks and Wall Street playing both sides. Corruption vs Corruption.....
Hard to pick a side on the high ground....

While I will disagree with you on some things, one thing that I find interesting is how parties change ideology throughput the years. Topics that are vilified today by conservatives and Republicans such as Cap and Trade, are done so without regard to the fact the policy has its origins with the Reagan Administration. I am certain that these examples go both ways, but this example is the most recent one that I heard this afternoon.

[AZ BU Fan]

What I found interesting about Cap and Trade was the number of Obama friends, and former VP Al Gore, trying to position themselves in newly created companies that stood to make billions in handling the carbon cap and trade exchage around the world!

Editorial....Read at your own risk!
Everyone will have to stock up on firewood wherever they live as the price of energy to heat your home and cook will skyrocket with cap and trade, along with no more drilling for oil/natural gas, no more coal mining, and no more nukes. Of course, the Administration can always increase corporate taxes to subsidize heating/cooling and transportation costs of loyal Democratic voters!