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Ok so if people are largest expense, health care, retirement, why does this thing cost more than 10 grand? Built by robots.
We know that's just BS to spouted by the ivory tower and bootlickers to justify non union labor. As you say robots is what makes this so expensive not the people.
 

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We know that's just BS to spouted by the ivory tower and bootlickers to justify non union labor. As you say robots is what makes this so expensive not the people.
When the price of labor outweighs the price of automation, automation wins. However, as Tesla found out, too much automation wasn't helping.
 

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When the price of labor outweighs the price of automation, automation wins. However, as Tesla found out, too much automation wasn't helping.
Yeah but cost savings to consumer not happening. only winner is share holders. Meaning devastation of middle class

My question is, if price doesn't go down, and we still have all these problems with vehicle components, then abandon robots and give people jobs.

Because I don't want parents serving fast food who could be building stuff, for dignity reasons.

Let the robots serve food too!
 

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Yeah but cost savings to consumer not happening. only winner is share holders. Meaning devastation of middle class

My question is, if price doesn't go down, and we still have all these problems with vehicle components, then abandon robots and give people jobs.

Because I don't want parents serving fast food who could be building stuff, for dignity reasons.

Let the robots serve food too!
We should all buy some FCA stock! At least then we might make some money with dividends. And if robots made my cheeseburger, maybe it would then look like the advertised picture and not some smashed up mess.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2019/02/21/fca-stock-dividend/2941326002/
 

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We should all buy some FCA stock! At least then we might make some money with dividends. And if robots made my cheeseburger, maybe it would then look like the advertised picture and not some smashed up mess.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2019/02/21/fca-stock-dividend/2941326002/
GREAT article. Over a billion. And fortythousand for a pickup? Smhlmao. Thanks for posting that. This is a wrong economy, my opinion. Just let me ask this. Would we be better off if engineers worked on how to control climate, or design an ESS? Just sayin.
 

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GREAT article. Over a billion. And fortythousand for a pickup? Smhlmao. Thanks for posting that. This is a wrong economy, my opinion. Just let me ask this. Would we be better off if engineers worked on how to control climate, or design an ESS? Just sayin.
mmm... forget climate control and ESS. They should work on putting a stock V8 under the hood and factory on 37's or 40's!!
 

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We should all buy some FCA stock! At least then we might make some money with dividends. And if robots made my cheeseburger, maybe it would then look like the advertised picture and not some smashed up mess.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2019/02/21/fca-stock-dividend/2941326002/
Do you realize that about 40% of Americans have a 401k? The average 401k value is about $100k. Most 401k accounts primarily hold equities or in other words shares of stock. Do a little research and find out just who FCA's stockholders are. I would also suggest Econ 101.
 

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aren't they spending like $4 Billion to make a factory for the Grand Wagoneer?

Robots be pricey!
Could it also be that 2 Billion of that is in Over Pricing the goods ?
 

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Do you realize that about 40% of Americans have a 401k? The average 401k value is about $100k. Most 401k accounts primarily hold equities or in other words shares of stock. Do a little research and find out just who FCA's stockholders are. I would also suggest Econ 101.
Opinion: employers used to take risk, now employees do.

History 401K
In the early 1970s, a group of high-earning individuals from Kodak approached Congress to allow a part of their salary to be invested in the stock market and thus be exempt from income taxes.[wiki]

Graph 101: adios pensions, hello 401K

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Do you realize that about 40% of Americans have a 401k? The average 401k value is about $100k. Most 401k accounts primarily hold equities or in other words shares of stock. Do a little research and find out just who FCA's stockholders are. I would also suggest Econ 101.
The post had nothing to do with 401k holdings. The 401k posts are on another thread.
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