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'Speculators' Are Starting to Avoid Companies with Legacy Costs

Here's the future , embrace it or die of starvation .... American companies can no longer afford business models designed in the prosperous 1950's , where everyone gets a fat check , 60 days paid vacation , total health coverage , 20 years of pension checks for retirement , and the CEO's get bonuses for being fired !!!!! We are now competing with the world like never before ..... and it's going to be " get paid when you work " , and you get zilch to sit on your ass or play on the computer ..... That's just the way it is now , and it's suffer a little now , or a LOT later ........ Having said all that , the government needs to get a good Health system going , part private pay , part tax subsidized ( and NO , not RUN by the government ) .... and we need to ENSURE social security stays solvent ...... We are all free to save for retirement , and social security just needs to be a decent , basic , insurance , so old people are not totally poor and destitute ...... If you're worth $500,000 at age 65 ????? NO SOUP FOR YOU !!!!!!

Why We Need Higher Gas Prices

Electric , or Hybrid autos are going to turn out to be the biggest fiasco ever imagined ........ we do not need electric cars , we simply need better fuel efficient cars ....... electric cars cost a fortune , the batteries cost a fortune ( to be replaced every 5 years ) , and electricity does not fall from trees , it comes from power plants that are already over-taxed just providing electricity for our homes ....... also , have you ever seen the disposal warning on your cell phone battery ????? Now multiply that by a billion !!!!! The solution is for autos to be fuel efficient , and once a massive build up of clean burning power plants ( nuclear , natural gas , solar , wind ) ... THEN we can consider electric cars as an alternative ............ we could do just fine if people would try to drive as fuel efficient auto as possible for their needs ......... a single soccer mom guzzling around in a Hummer is rediculous ....... we are talking 8 mpg !!!!! geesh ...... you can easily find a sport utility that at least gets 18 mpg ........ that's all we need to do , and we would be fine ......... until the population doubles !!!! But that's for another thread ......... however , over-population happens to be the biggest threat the world has ever seen ...... Yet no one seems to mention it

Auto Sales: Good News on the Horizon?

I personally think any TV advertising money could be better spent on top notch retail displays in stores ...............million... of people shop at Best Buy , Walmart , Radio Shack etc etc

Who needs to advertise on TV , when all you have to do is catch those people already there with a smokin' retail demo / display Siri stand

You could have a demo video right there in the store , for millions of people to see , and not pay a dime for outrageous TV spots ..........10 million bucks for 30 seconds ???? screw that

MEL !!!!! GET THOSE RETAIL DISPLAYS IN ORDER NOW !!!!!!!

Auto Sales: Good News on the Horizon?

Changing Retail / Distibution companies might turn out to be a good move , because I have been very disappointed with retail displays for years now ........sometimes they do not work , the radios are not even connected , or the salespeople in the store know very little about the product

I have NEVER , EVER , seen anyone checking out the satrads at the retail display .................siriu... ........not once ..........and I remember a couple of times when I was checking it out , nothing even worked !!!!!!! Christmas is coming , and the retail displays had better work properly , and be user friendly ..................

Who's gonna buy a radio / subscription , if the damn display is not working ????? They're gonna think , " Hmmmm , this company can't even get the damn demo to work "

So maybe Siri has found a better company for retail / distribution / demo purposes ..........Hope so because I think this is a critical issue with the company

Auto Sales: Good News on the Horizon?

Ricker - Are you Mel's boyfriend ?????

WE HAVE SUPPORTED MEL !!!!! for frickin' years

Time for him to support us .........we aren't seein' it ....ok ????

look at the 5 year chart dude .......and tell me when Mel is going to work his magic ........I am siriusly waiting ......and we have ALL been waiting for a long long time ...........but the chart sinks day by day and week by week and month by month and year by year

I had your optimism a year ago .........I am plum out now