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BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012 fiogf49gjkf0d After opening their plant in South Carolina, BMW reports that they are exceeding employment and production goals. . This is great news because it was predicted that BMW would abandon the south and move to Detroit because some said that the people at the South Carolina plant were "under educated" and untrainable.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Dec 28 01:55:22 2012, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Twenty years, eh. Guess that elitist worldview doesn't work out too well. Nor does subsidizing Government Motors (still waiting for that Chevy Volt).
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 02:02:42 2012, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d And YOU are paying for it! http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/states/south-carolina
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SUBWAYSURF* on Fri Dec 28 02:03:33 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 28 01:55:22 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I guess the news hasn't reached 1957. AS OF YET
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 02:06:24 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Dec 28 02:03:33 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d And then he turns around and whines about the government spending money on it (like his retarded buddy he's responding to) and then has no problem with South Carolina doing it. Gotta love them hypocrites. :)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SUBWAYSURF* on Fri Dec 28 02:12:30 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Dec 28 02:06:24 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Gotta love them hypocrites. :) NAH, I'll pass. 8-)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Dec 28 06:20:11 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Dec 28 02:06:24 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d What's hypocritical about one point? No other points being argued. Someone said BMW was pulling out of South Carolina, and it's the opposite. I do have to say that AP is whining about the state's "public money" being thrown about, which is quite out of character for them. It's way less than what GM got, that's for sure, and BMW's been putting far more of its own money in . . . and the tax breaks are also helping them stay (whoops, the libs forgot about that one). Perfect capitalistic success story? Nobody said anything of the sort. Just that BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out . . . (yeah, that should be enough)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Dec 28 06:25:19 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Dec 28 02:03:33 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Haha. Try about a half-century prior to 1957, which frankly is a great year for trains . . . not like train-haters such as yourself would know about that.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 06:46:34 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 28 06:20:11 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d nearly 20 years ago ... but like a good republican state, bribery solved that problem. Look into it ... you'd go even more batshit than you already are knowing that BMW is getting oodles of state AND federal tax dollars so that the taxpayer equips them with what they want already trained for the menial tasks. That's how your favorite Germans solved the problem here. And here you are LOVING the Germans for it. You little Hypocrite. Got Train Dude on your shoes, brah?
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 06:47:16 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 28 06:25:19 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Heh. Congrats on going horseless, brah!
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Train Dude* on Fri Dec 28 09:21:50 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 28 06:20:11 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I can only imagine how selkook is trying to spin the issue. He has a knack for dishonesty and irrelevancy in his debating. The facts remains: BMW is still in South Carolina and is succeeding. The OP who claimed that BMW would leave South Carolina was wrong. The OP who claimed that the people in South Carolina are under educated was wrong. The OP who claimed that the people of South Carolina are untrainable was wrong.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Dec 28 13:07:28 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Dec 28 06:46:34 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. BMW ain't pulling out of SC. . . . that's the only issue here, so mellow out, freng . . .
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Dec 28 14:57:14 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 09:21:50 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Exactly. Anything else is irrelevant.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by RockParkMan* on Fri Dec 28 18:55:14 2012, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I'd rather see them made in China. don't cheer on Nazis from THE OTHER side of Broken AmeriKKKA And to you, olog. ESAD. hopefully, we can get the guns now and break the NRA whack jobs. Why defang the Nazis when we can SMASH them. We don't need to let the sub humans keep their toys now.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 19:10:40 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 09:21:50 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d That's what we like about you and Olog ... the ability to speak Ex Cathedra on anything. Especially when proven wrong.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 19:24:04 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 28 13:07:28 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by AlM* on Fri Dec 28 19:31:14 2012, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Seems to be a reasonable success story. But SC taxpayers seem to have ponied up a lot of money. "Hundreds of millions of dollars" in return for 7,000 jobs. Let's say that's $210 million - so $30,000 for every job created.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 19:35:47 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 28 19:31:14 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Feds kicked in even more ... so the lesson here is that he has no problem paying more in taxes than he already is as long as he gets to flip the bird at somebody. :)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by RockParkMan* on Fri Dec 28 19:46:02 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Dec 28 19:35:47 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Nazi corporate welfare for a GERMAN company.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Fri Dec 28 19:54:41 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by RockParkMan on Fri Dec 28 19:46:02 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d And once again Olog proves for all to see that all of his "Germany" stuff was crap to begin with. I'm taking a seat myself because up next right after this word from our sponsor is the Tribute to Joe Stalin with the Reichsbunker dancers. :)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Orange Blossom Special* on Fri Dec 28 21:33:09 2012, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d "some said that the people at the South Carolina plant were "under educated" and untrainable." I wonder who the some are. And what type of people do they think live in Detroit(an insignificant town as well).
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by RockParkMan* on Sat Dec 29 00:25:58 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Dec 28 19:54:41 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, he laps up the Bayerische Moteren Werkes' jism and Angela Merkel's cunny juice.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by rkba* on Sat Dec 29 00:31:06 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by RockParkMan on Sat Dec 29 00:25:58 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d "The difference between a BMW and a porcupine is that with a BMW, the pricks are on the inside."
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by RockParkMan* on Sat Dec 29 00:31:45 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by rkba on Sat Dec 29 00:31:06 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d YAY!!!!
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Dec 29 01:03:38 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by RockParkMan on Sat Dec 29 00:25:58 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d You're just jealous that BMW still makes straight sixes, rocKKKparKKKnazi.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Sat Dec 29 01:13:21 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Dec 29 01:03:38 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d GERMAN straight sixes ... thanks for proving that all you've ever said about Germans and the EU was just so much bullshit.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Dec 29 01:48:48 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 28 19:31:14 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I'd say it was a tad more successful than - let's say Solyndra for example. There we spent nearly $1/2 billion and lost 1,100 jobs.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Dec 29 02:00:53 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Sat Dec 29 01:48:48 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Libs still trying to use the diversionary arguments, ain't they. Bottom line is still: Invalid claim made that BMW was leaving South Carolina. Truth is that they are staying and expanding. (Personal gripe of mine is that US car companies should have stuck with making straight-six engines, like BMW and their rival Mercedes-Benz do.)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Dec 29 02:23:52 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Dec 29 02:00:53 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Truth! Beside which the poster used the lie that BMW was leaving South Carolina as a reason for Boeing not to build aircraft in South Carolina. She lied about BMW to justify her idiotic position on Boeing.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Dec 29 02:29:02 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 28 21:33:09 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Probably relatives of the person making the claim.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by AlM* on Sat Dec 29 08:49:35 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Sat Dec 29 01:48:48 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I would agree with you on that.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Dec 29 10:42:06 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by AlM on Sat Dec 29 08:49:35 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Thank you. We actually agreed on something in 2012. :)
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by italianstallion* on Sat Dec 29 17:41:51 2012, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Too bad they pay shitty wages and can't help the state's economy at all: "BMW didn’t bring the kind of economic kick that Mr. Campbell and others hoped for in individual wallets. Per capita income in Greenville and Spartanburg counties has risen barely more rapidly than the rate of inflation in the last decade, according to U.S. Census figures. The poverty level in both places has increased, and BMW and related industries couldn’t push the state from recession, as unemployment soared past 11 percent three years ago."
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Sat Dec 29 17:50:48 2012, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by italianstallion on Sat Dec 29 17:41:51 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Aw let the tard have his giggles. Sure beats having to explain away his friends in DC and how they're trashing the country. BMW is just another example of what's wrong with those kids.
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BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Mar 29 16:24:15 2014, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d AFP via The Local BMW to sink $1bn into US production expansion Published: 29 Mar 2014 11:04 GMT+01:00 German automaker BMW has said it plans to invest up to $1 billion (€730 million) by 2016 to expand output of its X-series all-wheel drive SUV vehicles at its US factory. "This will increase annual production capacity by 50 percent up to 450,000 vehicles from 300,000 currently," chief executive Norbert Reithofer was quoted in a company statement as saying at a ceremony at the plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. BMW is launching production at the facility of the X4 model and announced it would also build the X7 at the plant. It also has plans to build a plug-in hybrid X5 at the factory. Reithofer said BMW's manufacturing of the large X7 model at Spartanburg for world markets is "once again underscoring our commitment to the US." The company already produces the X3, X5, X5 M, X6 and X6 M models in Spartanburg. The expansion means an additional 800 jobs, taking employment to 8,000 at the plant. "It will also make Spartanburg the largest plant in terms of production capacity in our global production network," said Reithofer. BMW cited US Commerce Department data showing that the Spartanburg plant exports $7.5 billion in vehicles per year, making it the largest vehicle exporter to non-NAFTA countries in the United States. Since it opened in 1994, the Spartanburg plant has built more than 2.6 million vehicles, BMW said.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by cortelyounext* on Sat Mar 29 16:37:14 2014, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 29 16:24:15 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Obama economic policies at work. G-d Bless Barack Obama!
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Olog-hai* on Sat Mar 29 16:54:17 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by cortelyounext on Sat Mar 29 16:37:14 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d No, got nothing to do with him. If it were up to him, the SC plant would have the corrupt UAW in there and BMW on the way out.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Dutchrailnut* on Sat Mar 29 17:12:24 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 29 16:54:17 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d suppressing the UAW like corrupt SC politicians did, is very un-American but then so are you. Americans want freedom in other countries, like Poland, Iraq, Afghanistan, yet do not want American workers to choose for themselves, they have to have their repuke politicians tell them lies.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Mar 29 17:46:07 2014, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 29 16:24:15 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I protest. bing bong assured everyone that the people of South Carolina are too uneducated and unskilled to make BMW stay. Her exact words were, "BMW is leaving SC." This is what she actually said since I know she'll try to lie her way out of another bing bong bullshit story.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Mar 29 17:49:20 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by cortelyounext on Sat Mar 29 16:37:14 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Right to work state - obama does not support them.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Dutchrailnut* on Sat Mar 29 18:09:48 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 29 17:49:20 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Its still curent administrations policies, that make expansion possible, despite the GOP politicians lies.
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EUEUEUEUEUEUEUEU-Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by italianstallion* on Sat Mar 29 18:15:23 2014, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 29 16:24:15 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d You left something out.
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Posted by cortelyounext on Sat Mar 29 18:21:11 2014, in response to EUEUEUEUEUEUEUEU-Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by italianstallion on Sat Mar 29 18:15:23 2014. fiogf49gjkf0d EUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEUEU
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Train Dude* on Sat Mar 29 18:42:30 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Mar 29 18:09:48 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d No one said anything about barach obama except for those on the left. obama stayed out of it - making that success possible.
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Re: EUEUEUEUEUEUEUEU-Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by italianstallion on Sat Mar 29 19:23:16 2014, in response to Re: EUEUEUEUEUEUEUEU-Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by cortelyounext on Sat Mar 29 18:21:11 2014. fiogf49gjkf0d European high-speed rail!
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 29 21:15:49 2014, in response to EUEUEUEUEUEUEUEU-Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by italianstallion on Sat Mar 29 18:15:23 2014. fiogf49gjkf0d No, because the jobs aren't there.
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by Dave* on Sat Mar 29 22:02:36 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 29 17:46:07 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d BAZINGA!
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion
Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Sat Mar 29 23:59:42 2014, in response to Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—$1 Billion Expansion, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 29 21:15:49 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Of course not ... thanks to "right to work" we're Europe's China now.
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BMW Success In South Carolina—1,000-job expansion
Posted by Olog-hai* on Mon Sep 18 12:34:42 2017, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 28 01:38:39 2012.* CNBC from last June (and in spite of the "Trump is protectionist" propaganda) BMW adding 1,000 jobs at South Carolina plant BMW will add 1,000 jobs and invest $600 million in its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The investments will boost annual production to as many as 450,000 vehicles. The facility is already the company's largest final assembly plant in the world and had employed more than 9,000. Phil LeBeau \| @Lebeaucarnews Published 10:02 AM ET Mon, 26 June 2017 \| Updated 1:33 PM ET Mon, 26 June 2017 BMW adding 1,000 jobs at South Carolina plant BMW adding 1,000 jobs at South Carolina plant 10:27 AM ET Mon, 26 June 2017 \| 02:11 BMW's biggest plant in the world is about to get a little bigger. The German automaker said Monday it will add another 1,000 jobs and invest $600 million in the plant as part of a plan to boost annual production to as many 450,000 vehicles. "It's a great day for us here in Spartanburg and South Carolina and for the BMW group," said Harald Krueger, chairman of BMW. "The workforce will be well above 10,000 people, which is, in my view, clearly a symbol of success." BMW's facility in Spartanburg is already the company's largest final assembly plant in the world, employing more than 9,000 workers and building more than 411,000 SUVs and crossovers last year. Krueger marked the 25^th anniversary of announcing plans to build the South Carolina plant by unveiling the newest version of the X3 crossover utility vehicle. While BMW's investment and plan to hire more workers in South Carolina will be welcomed by President Donald Trump, the move comes just months after the president blasted German automakers as part of a broader complaint about Germany's trade surplus with the U.S. "You can build cars in the United States, but for every car that comes to the USA, you will pay a 35 percent tax," Trump told the German newspaper Bild earlier this year. Krueger denies BMW is spending and hiring in South Carolina as a way to placate the president. "There was already planning before [Trump's election], because we have long-term strategic planning, but also the success of the U.S. market is something that was, for us, important," he said. Krueger, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, met with Trump in March and he is well aware these are delicate times for automakers in the U.S. The president is moving to renegotiate NAFTA and many are wondering what type of tariff, if any, could be slapped on autos imported from Mexico and Canada. Last year, those two countries supplied about 20 percent of the 17.5 million vehicles sold in the U.S. Under pressure from the White House, Ford has scrapped plans to build a new small car assembly plant in Mexico, but BMW is not changing its expansion plans south of the border. The company is building a final assembly plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, scheduled to open in 2019 that will manufacture the company's most popular vehicle, the 3 Series. As for a possible tariff on imported vehicles, Krueger is not worried after his conversations with the president. "We explained, when I was in Washington with the German chancellor and had the opportunity to talk about our business here in Spartanburg, and the president acknowledged how successful our operation is here in South Carolina," said Krueger. "I could argue and explain that one to the president that our success is based on free trade because we are the biggest net exporter for the United States."
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Re: BMW Success In South Carolina—1,000-job expansion
Posted by AlM* on Mon Sep 18 13:29:26 2017, in response to BMW Success In South Carolina—1,000-job expansion, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Sep 18 12:34:42 2017.* The country is adding 150,000 jobs per month under President Trump. What is so special about these?
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