[NSRCA-discussion] glow plug wages???

Tue Jan 10 15:40:42 AKST 2006

What accent? We don't have an accent-you guys do!!

Jerry Voth
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  From: Gray E Fowler 
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  Subject: RE: [NSRCA-discussion] glow plug wages???

  Geeze...thats alot of questions for only 20 million people....I will try to answer, but I must warn you that my answers may be tainted by my "unbiased" opinion. 
  Before I continue, I must say that I am convinced that if an Aussie were to be suddenly awoken in the middle of the night, and asked a question, he would speak in an accent similar to that of an American from KANSAS.......Is this true? 

  We have a "miminum" wage..that I think is about $5.50/hour. Very few earn this because you really cannot survive on it. Even full time McDonalds employees and illegal aliens make more, but part time kids etc. make it. In 1977 I washed dishes in High School at $2.10/hour and fuel cost $7.50/gallon. Today fuel cost $12/gallon (sport)-I can now better afford fuel! 

  Reality is most low income jobs are filled by non Americans because Americans do not want those jobs.  Clothes, shoes, and RC radios cannot be assembled in the USA because companies cannot compete paying a unionized high school graduate with 15 years experience $18/hr plus medical benefits, when they can ship it to (INSERT COUNTRY OF PREFERENCE HERE) for $5 day plus a tube of toothpaste. 

  There is a "welfare" program (no job = government money) that has been notoriously screwed up for years, and has undergone significant changes of which I am not sure of other than it is probably still screwed up. 

  If you get layed off (sacked) then you can collect "unemployment benefits" which is a limited insurance program, which I think is maxed at at $250/week. 

  Speaking of screwed up, we have a "Social Security" program to allow people to retire, but only a fool my age would depend on this as it is about to go inverted when you have 5 retired people supported by 1 active worker.  So to "fix" this problem they made the retirement age 67 in hopes all those Baby-Boomer Hippies will succumb to an early LSD induced death to reduce pay-outs. 

  Good wage in the US???  Depends on who you ask. Many make it on $35,000/year but I do not know how. I would guess good to be $50-60,000/year. 
  Taxes, social security etc eats of about 25-28% of your income...some states more due to state tax (not in Texas).   
  People who make $80-100,000 can live very comfortably, but in the American way...it is never enough as is evident by the USA ridiculous credit card debt. Those who make $100K/year have the HIGHEST Credit card debt, many times $20-30K at 18% interest. 

  BUT....Life in the USA is good.....and I can say with impunity that we have the best SMART WEAPONS in the world so I advise you guys to remain our friends.... 

  Gray Fowler
  Principal Chemical Engineer
  Composites Engineering 

        "Koenig, Tom" <Tom.Koenig at actewagl.com.au> 
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  Not being an economist, I'm not sure how all this works. But in Australia, I believe we have quite a reasonable standard of living. We have ( in comparison) a tiny manufacturing base. But I think our economy is largely resource driven ( mining, agriculture etc). 
  There are only 20 million of us-so that's not a huge economy! There are more of you guys in one city!!!!!! 

  Nearly everything here is imported-from wherever we can get it. We usually export the raw materials and then buy back the product...()&*(&*&^%^%$@!!@# 

  We wood chip the trees so that the Japanese can turn it into paper for us-crazy! 

  As far as the modelling goes we pay premium dollar for everything. A lot of the local hobby shops are simply held to ransom by some importers/distributors- but everyone needs to make a buck I guess. You want it-you pay! 

  Which leads me to a question I have had for a long time ( and one the boys here in my workshop often ponder about). What is considered a good average wage in the U.S these days?? Are there minimum conditions for you guys? 

  We have a reasonable welfare system too, which I guess costs us taxpayers - but here in Australia I think culturally- there is a minimum ( with everything) that we are prepared to put up with. 

  We call it a 'Fair Go far all' whereas our impression of life in the US is 'Dog eat Dog where the Dollar rules all'?? Maybe we have been watching too much Hollywood???? 

  Tom 

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  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Gray E Fowler
  Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2006 8:43 AM
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  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] glow plug wages???

  "Wow...we pay about $15 per OS F.... 

  You're on fairly good money Gray!!! Not sure how much per kW/H we pay though <BG> 

  Tom" 

  Tom-you are closer to Japan than we are! Why the high cost of  glow plugs?-almost makes one wanna go electric-just kidding. 

  Gray Fowler
  Principal Chemical Engineer
  Composites Engineering ************************************************************************
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