Happy 150th to Henry Ford!

[Bo-4]

There was a visionary who actually made something incredibly useful and paid his employees double the minimum wage, instantly creating a large middle class.

Unlike of course most millionaires today, who sleazily manipulate money and people while actually making little to nothing.

"What good is industry if it be so unskillfully managed as not to return a living to everyone concerned? No question is more important than that of wages — most of the people of the country live on wages. The scale of their living — the rate of their wages — determines the prosperity of the country."​

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-fords-150th-birthday-2013-7

 

[Craig]

"What good is industry if it be so unskillfully managed as not to return a living to everyone concerned? No question is more important than that of wages — most of the people of the country live on wages. The scale of their living — the rate of their wages — determines the prosperity of the country."​

Imagine if the Waltons had that credo.

 

[Minotaur]

He was pretty amazing! Caught his story on the History Channel and it was awesome!

 

[Bo-4]

He was pretty amazing! Caught his story on the History Channel and it was awesome!

We need about 100 young Henry Fords right now Min. But sadly, someone broke the mold and we got Mitt Romney instead.

 

[GordonGecko]

Ford was a mixed bag.

He WAS fairly good to his workers...but he was also a raging anti-Semite, which was fairly acceptable in the pre-1940s in the US.

 

[Bo-4]

Ford was a mixed bag.

He WAS fairly good to his workers...but he was also a raging anti-Semite, which was fairly acceptable in the pre-1940s in the US.

All things considered, such a flaw entering the 20th century must be forgiven.