Harley Davison employees shocked about plant closure even after tax break - Polidicks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna876901#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s “We did everything Harley-Davidson asked us to do,” said Primeaux, a welder. “To have it all blow up in your face is kind of disappointing.” Days later, Harley-Davidson announced a dividend increase and a stock buyback plan to reward shareholders, repurchasing 15 million of its shares, valued at nearly $700 million. Buy out your employees to vote in a shithead for a tax break, reap the tax benefits, then cut the employees loose to keep all that money for yourself. Like a true american.

To be fair, Harley-Davidson is a sinking ship, and I don't think even the tax break could have saved them.

But Republicans promised the tax break would incentivize companies to reward their workers instead of just making themselves and their shareholders richer! It was gonna be different this time! Unlike every other time corporate America was given the opportunity to prove itself interested in something other than profit! And if you believe that I've got some seafront property in Montana to sell you.

Doesnt excuse baiting your employees to vote for someone to save their jobs, using the money from that someone to line your shareholder's pockets, then fire everyone there with no severance or any security at all. Sould be illlegal for companies to lobby their employee's votes by threatening their jobs.

Just watch! The money will trickle down any second now. Aaaany second now...

William Harley and Arthur Davidson should come back from the dead and shoot these fools in charge of the MoCo. It's insult to injury. Not only have they turned their products into overpriced low-quality shells of their former selves, but they fuck over what's left of their American workforce, no doubt exporting it elsewhere. Polaris/Indian should buy up these workers and pensions as a PR move.

damn those millennials for not buying overly expensive motorcycles

*lawnmowers

Ugh... Look, as someone who’s loved Harley’s since childhood, it’s very disheartening to see the company go about business this way. To treat people that way is awful... If they plan on surviving, they need to severely scale back their operations and come to grips with motorcycle culture diminishing with the passing years. That seems much more favorable than shady business tactics.

...see! Tax Cuts! (Oh, wait, those are temporary...)

In a world where profit is the only concern, yeah, this is about all that could've happened.

They should have been allowed to collapse in the 80s instead of having the government rush in to save them. It's such an utterly stagnant company who've only made it with their name. And that likely wouldn't have even spelt the end for the brand, since it's pretty likely they would have been bought out by someone who still wants to cater to the relevant markets.

WAIT that's not money

This is a reminder about why we must not be friendly to business: in the end they only care about the money and they will pull out this kind of stuff as soon as they see the chance. Better keep or reinforce labor protection laws, taxes and others and see how several of them flee, than getting rid of them hoping these business stay ( in which if they really stay in, they will fuck over the employees ).

Honestly I'd rather have a scooter than a harley I would feel like way less of a tool on a scooter

Or get an indian or literally any other motorcycle that has modernized.

Yeah, you don't have to abandon cruisers for sport bikes if you don't want to. You don't even have to not buy from a classic American company if you don't want to. * (* although I'd recommend it since Japanese motorcycle manufacturers are damn near untouchable.)

Dang, I really wish that motorcycles weren't so dangerous. They're sleek as hell and cheap to boot. If I didn't live in a city, I'd definitely own one.

That Indian Scout is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen come out of America Most beautiful aside from Scarlett Johansson