I have a visceral distrust regarding anything posited or said by GE’s executive management. I believe that GE is all for GE and the heck with anyone else.
I was raised in Schenectady County, NY when that county was the center of GE’s manufacuring and research/development complex.
GE in Schenectady was a giant of leading edge, innovative manufacturing. It was to high quality manufacturing, up until the 1960s, what the companies of Silicon Valley have been to electronics innovation and manufacturing near the end of the 20th Century.
Admittedly, GE in Schenectady County was beset by militant unionism of the ilk that eventually led to a complete debilitation the American auto industry in Detroit. But GE chose to deal with this situation in a cold and calculating manner that led to the City of Schenectady becoming a ‘rust belt ghost town’ of the city that it once used to be.
So for GE to pay for an ad that portarys a picture of the woes of the average citizen, after having left Schenectady in the impoverished mess that it has been in for so many years, leaves me with a cynical sense of skepticism toward GE’s motives regarding its concerns about health care.
Anglican First,
I have been disillusioned by GE also but from another point of view.
I made a small investment in GE because I thought they were a good industrial manufacturer (electric generating equipment and etc.) and that they would pay good dividends. At that time I did not know that they owned MSNBC. Now that I have watched MSNBC and seen the political agenda advocated by that station, I have decided not to invest any of my limited resources directly or indirectly, in MSNBC’s radical political crusade.
If GE would sell MSNBC to some one who is foolish enough to buy it, I might be more trustful but for the time being, I share your distrust of their communications.
I have a visceral distrust regarding anything posited or said by GE’s executive management. I believe that GE is all for GE and the heck with anyone else.
I was raised in Schenectady County, NY when that county was the center of GE’s manufacuring and research/development complex.
GE in Schenectady was a giant of leading edge, innovative manufacturing. It was to high quality manufacturing, up until the 1960s, what the companies of Silicon Valley have been to electronics innovation and manufacturing near the end of the 20th Century.
Admittedly, GE in Schenectady County was beset by militant unionism of the ilk that eventually led to a complete debilitation the American auto industry in Detroit. But GE chose to deal with this situation in a cold and calculating manner that led to the City of Schenectady becoming a ‘rust belt ghost town’ of the city that it once used to be.
So for GE to pay for an ad that portarys a picture of the woes of the average citizen, after having left Schenectady in the impoverished mess that it has been in for so many years, leaves me with a cynical sense of skepticism toward GE’s motives regarding its concerns about health care.
So check these statistics carefully.
Anglican First,
I have been disillusioned by GE also but from another point of view.
I made a small investment in GE because I thought they were a good industrial manufacturer (electric generating equipment and etc.) and that they would pay good dividends. At that time I did not know that they owned MSNBC. Now that I have watched MSNBC and seen the political agenda advocated by that station, I have decided not to invest any of my limited resources directly or indirectly, in MSNBC’s radical political crusade.
If GE would sell MSNBC to some one who is foolish enough to buy it, I might be more trustful but for the time being, I share your distrust of their communications.