HD out of bussiness?

marko138 · 12-05-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

Derf u are correct. Even though victory is just as american made they don't get the same attn for being american made. Of coarse they probably don't spend $$$ to ensure that either. Understanding that hd probably spends more in advertisement than most companies have in their entire budget. Lol

I'm really thought. Everybody here, besides Marko, raise ur hand if you have been following the york,pa hd factory talks? They are cutting nearly half their jobs there for a projected $100M cost savings. Smart finacial move. Do I agree with any job cuts? Hell no. However, do I agree with them doing what needs to be done to ensure 2 priorities? 1. Staying in biz. 2. Keeping that production here vs overseas.

Do they have to tighten the purse strings to survive the recession? Sure. What biz hasn't? Will they fold? As soon as pigs fly thru a frozen hell. I mean shit. Even IF it got that bad. The feds wouldn't let chrysler fail and there were 2 others standing right next to them. Sorry boys but HD won't be going anywhere soon.

Oh and mr derf. I will give you this. My standard tactic where I show robber how I made my steel pocket whip smoke doesn't apply to you, cause GD I actually think you're a decent guy. Even though being from dirty jersey you probably wouldn't see the smoke due to being accustom to it and thinking its normal smoggy air. So what am I to do? Hopefully ill have time to figure somin out.

Did you read that the PA government, ya the one I work for, gave HD $15 million bucks to stay here. They were gonna give them over $20 million if they wouldn't have cut the jobs.

tommymac · 12-05-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Did you read that the PA government, ya the one I work for, gave HD $15 million bucks to stay here. They were gonna give them over $20 million if they wouldn't have cut the jobs.

Damn, how many people they have working there to throw that kind of money at HD.

Tom

marko138 · 12-05-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

Damn, how many people they have working there to throw that kind of money at HD.

Tom

Listen, I work for the government. I'd love to know WTF that money came from. This state is BROKE as a fucking joke. It took us 101 days past deadline to approve a state budget because we had no fucking money.

tommymac · 12-05-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Listen, I work for the government. I'd love to know WTF that money came from. This state is BROKE as a fucking joke. It took us 101 days past deadline to approve a state budget because we had no fucking money.

NY is just as bad, I just wanted to know how many people are employed there, figured must be a good ammount if the STATE, and not just the local govt wants them to stay.

Tom

marko138 · 12-05-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

NY is just as bad, I just wanted to know how many people are employed there, figured must be a good ammount if the STATE, and not just the local govt wants them to stay.

Tom

Our Guv was lobbying HARD to keep them here. It's a huge employer in this area. You where there. I forgot how many people work there. Let me see if I can find out.

Stand by.