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> <buydomestic@usa.com> wrote in message
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>> . GM employs 130,000 in the United
>> States.
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> GMs management team has been raping the consumer for years.... the UAW has
> been raping the company and the consumer for years... Just like Bob Dylan
> said, the times they are a-changin'.... the guys are going to have to pull
> their dicks out of our wallets and get back to profitability - and that
> will include realistic pay packages...
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> Putting tab A in slot B is NOT worth what some of these people were
> getting paid... welcome to the real world.

Luckily for the fact that Foriegn car companies have come in under different
rules to a field that wasnt level they were able to build a smaller car and
make a profit. US companies barely make a profit on small cars which is why
they were pushing trucks. If foriegn companies were tied up over 80 years of
outdated union contracts they would be in the same mess. Once the union is
controlled and agree to labor cost and pensions that foriegn makers have
then you will see a field that is level. So this isnt even about what car is
better. Its about money, contracts, profitability and pure hype regarding
japanese quality. When japan came here in the early 70s they sold tin
painted boxes with wheels on go-kart frames that got good mileage right in
the middle of a gas crises. Those were not better they were junk that
American craved because they could go further on a tank of gas, so Americans
bought and bought and made them rich giving them the profits to actually
invest in R and D and begin to add some quality. Meanwhile US automakers
were still tied up under high waged union contracts that union leaders would
never undo, until now. Which is why they have again agreed to renegotiate to
save everyones skin. It amazes me on how ignorant people are thinking that
Japanese have super powers.
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