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GM will be fine - Just as soon as everyone goes out and buys a 75,000 dollar Hybrid Escalade on credit .....P.S. - Be sure to keep an extra 5,000 dollars on hand , because you will have to buy new batteries in 3 years .....but hey look at the bright side ....you will get an extra 5 miles per gallon and save the world !!!!!

Tech: And You Think Q4's Going to Be Bad? - Barron's

I will gladly give up airbags to save 2,000 dollars on a car , and i would love to have a cell phone bigger than a matchbox , with good sound quality , and a display screen i can actually see without a magnifying glass .......... I think there is a big market for basics ............ as for fuel efficient cars ??? We are so hung up on hybrids and electric cars that cost way too much , and not to mention the expense / disposal of the batteries .......... when just a good quality 30 - 40 mpg vehicle is all we need ........... There's a huge market for basic fuel efficient reasonably priced cars ......... but GM would rather build a hybrid escalade for 75,000 dollars ............ natural gas cars would even be a much better idea right now ............ People are going to crap when they have to pay 5,000 dollars for new batteries every 5 years in these hybrids and electric cars ....... not to mention battery disposal problems ......... Have you ever noticed the disposal warning on your cell phone battery ????? Multiply that by a thousand ......... A Lithium battery for my cordless drill costs 100 dollars ......... can you imagine car batteries ?????

The U.S. Economy Is Holding On - For Now

otbricki - whatever ....Mars is a waste of money ....I don't care if they spend 4 dollars ...it's a waste of money .....maybe just a drop in the proverbial bucket , but I can think of plenty better places to spend a few billion dollars ......I am FOR satellites , we need those , but sending a dune buggy to Mars for a bag of rocks is a WASTE OF MONEY ....and I want ALL such wastes of money to stop ....it's all about priorities ......which is more important ???? A dune buggy to Mars ???? or a nuclear power plant ??????? and of course I am just using Mars as an example ...there are plenty of wastes out there ......WELFARE - should be a 12 month helper program MAX , NOT a lifetime achievement award ........etc etc etc ad nauseum

The U.S. Economy Is Holding On - For Now

doityourself - many good points made , and so as to be brief , I will simply comment on one issue .....education .....I think i could solve school problems for 50 cents per classroom ....yep , 50 cents ........it's a big sign in every classroom that says " SIT DOWN , SHUT UP , PAY ATTENTION , OR ELSE " !!!!!! ........the "or else" being work farms for kids that will not behave ( or they can just stay home with mamma and daddy ) whatever .....but the kids that want to learn should not be hindered by the idiots that do not .......time for some good ole country discipline ....and it is time for ADULTS to run the classroom ......adults make mistakes , but they do not make near as many mistakes as kids do .......and this country needs to respect the elderly - AMEN TO THAT

The U.S. Economy Is Holding On - For Now

I think it is a failed policy to expect Americans to keep the economy robust by spending more and more , and borrowing more and more ....that mentality leads to moronic ideas like 300 dollar stimulus/welfare checks as a solution ......and Washington is considering another round of welfare checks !!!!!! Both sides .....The grand total of these mass band-aid welfare checks will be 100 billion dollars ......so I ask , How many nuclear power plants can we start building with 100 billion dollars ......America needs some tangible things to look forward to ....we need to build something / anything , that will give us hope that energy will be available in the future , and that our government is actually doing something real ......The psychological impact of starting construction on 5 nuclear power plants would be very very positive ........" you give a man a fish , you feed him once " but if you create jobs with this 100 billion dollars ( give a man a fishing pole ) you create long lasting employment .......the stimulus checks are a complete waste of money that ends up going to China or the Middle East anyway ......it is the WRONG approach totally ......BUILD THINGS !!!!!!!!!!! A good Sony TV costs way over a thousand dollars , and we can't compete with that !!!!!!! What the hell is wrong with us ....and you mean to tell me that we can import furniture from China cheaper than we can make it here ????? we cannot produce a piece of furniture here cheaper than we can ship it 10,000 miles from China ???????? That's complete nonsense .....and our automakers cannot get into the 21st century ???????? What in the hell is wrong with us , are we totally stupid ??????????????? Does no one have any vision here ?????? I am amazed at our ignorance and lack of foresight .....absolutely amazed .......but damned if we can't build the best weapons in the world !!!!!!! Boy we sure know how to build missiles and tanks and bombs !!!!!!! And spaceships to Mars to take scenic photos of a desert landscape ......Hey !!!!!! newsflash !!!!! I don't give a crap if there is water on Mars , theirs no oxygen , and it is millions of miles away .......forget frickin' Mars , and let's concentrate on Earthlings for a while ......Life on Mars is a mute point , because there is no way in hell we are going to live there , so stop wasting my money on nonsense .......ALL pork , cease and desist NOW ....Let's get real here