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   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   Person Familiar With the Matter  wrote in news:10j920s   
   $jv5n$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > On 12/22/2025 3:53 PM, Webbster wrote:   
   >> Henry Ford's success was because he paid his workers better than other   
   >> rich capitalists so that they could afford to buy his product.   
   >   
   > Henry Ford made the automobile affordable for the masses, which was a   
   > successful formula copied by other American car manufacturers.  It was   
   a   
   > bonus for his workers that they were well paid, but their pay checks   
   > were not the only reason for Ford's success.   
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   High Wages & The $5 Day: In 1914, Ford shocked the world by offering a   
   $5, eight-hour day, attracting top talent, reducing turnover, and giving   
   workers the means to buy the cars they built, boosting the economy.   
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   Feedback loop.  Without that pay, Ford might well have been a footnote.   
   But his workers owning cares put peer pressure on the rest of the   
   community, etc.   
      
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