Lex Luz

Should We Really Bail Out the Big Three Automakers with $73.20 Per Hour Labor?

As in commentary around the financial crisis, people who attempt to pin "blame" on one segment - in the case of Perry and some commenters above, on the unions - merely have a political axe to grind and really don't forward the debate. To wit, I certainly don't recall the UAW being chief among the groups setting product or distribution strategy for the Big Three. Do unions have a hand in inefficiency, poor manufacturing quality, and ill-will toward domestic vehicles? Sure they do. Are they the sole cause of the demise of the US-based auto industry? Of course not. Attempting to paint them as such reveals nothing more than a political agenda that will never help us to figure out how to get through the crisis and emerge stronger on the other side.

Let's start working together, rather than driving ourselves closer to civil war.