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Let GM Fail

Yeah the big three should have moved their business overseas and made one hundred billion in 2006. They should have pulled all their finances and resources out of the great ol U S of A AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SO CALLED FREE TRADE. They should have pulled up lock stock and barrel, and lead our manufacturing right into china's arms. I can promise you if the big three would have followed the rest of your glorious overseas investments 100%, 10 billion dollars wouldn't be enough to buy your sorry ass out of the economic/national security issues we would be experiancing now!

Let GM Fail

" I expect this article will make me in the neighborhood of at least 300,000 new enemies. That’s how many employees GM has. However, the unfortunate thing about truth is that it is relentless and apathetic. Please don’t confuse the messenger with the cause."

"Don't kill the messenger.......... "

You don't make a very good messenger.
In fact If you would go bankrupt before the big three if you had to make a living being a messenger based on your inaccuracies and misinformation. But telling the truth wouldn't be quite as much fun would it.



Nobody buys big 3 vehicles.

Reality

General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC sold 8.5 million vehicles in the United States last year and millions more around the world. GM outsold Toyota by about 1.2 million vehicles in the United States last year and holds a U.S. lead over Toyota of about 560,000 so far this year. Globally, GM in 2007 remained the world's largest automaker, selling 9,369,524 vehicles worldwide -- about 3,000 more than Toyota.

Ford outsold Honda by about 850,000 and Nissan by more than 1.3 million vehicles in the United States last year.

Chrysler sold more vehicles here than Nissan and Hyundai combined in 2007 and so far this year.

Myth No. 2
They build unreliable junk.

Reality

The creaky, leaky vehicles of the 1980s and '90s are long gone. Consumer Reports recently found that "Ford's reliability is now on par with good Japanese automakers." The independent J.D. Power Initial Quality Study scored Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Mercury, Pontiac and Lincoln brands' overall quality as high or higher than that of Acura, Audi, BMW, Honda, Nissan, Scion, Volkswagen and Volvo.

Power rated the Chevrolet Malibu the highest-quality midsize sedan. Both the Malibu and Ford Fusion scored better than the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.

Myth No. 3
They build gas-guzzlers.

Reality

All of the Detroit Three build midsize sedans the Environmental Protection Agency rates at 29-33 miles per gallon on the highway. The most fuel-efficient Chevrolet Malibu gets 33 m.p.g. on the highway, 2 m.p.g. better than the best Honda Accord. The most fuel-efficient Ford Focus has the same highway fuel economy ratings as the most efficient Toyota Corolla. The most fuel-efficient Chevrolet Cobalt has the same city fuel economy and better highway fuel economy than the most efficient non-hybrid Honda Civic. A recent study by Edmunds.com found that the Chevrolet Aveo subcompact is the least expensive car to buy and operate.

Let GM Fail

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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Ten Cars That Could Save Detroit

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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Why the U.S. Automakers Should Get a Bailout

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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Big Three: Too Connected to Fail?

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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A Solution for General Motors

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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The Biggest Problem Detroit's Big Three Face

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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GM Bailout Would Be Agony for Taxpayers

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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GM Job Loss: Bogus Economics

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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The Autos and Mentality That Ruined Detroit

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send their profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan.

By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards. I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out. But to destroy any community in this country as a lesson to unions and poor management would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I don't look at this so much a bailout, but as a loan to help out a nieghbor who's fallen to an unfreindly economy. Hell, we're pumping 10 billion into Iraq every month. Just helping a nieghbor out right? Let's help our own with 2 just months of Iraq compensation.
But demand a business plan, that emphasizes that our communities come before retention bonuses, golden parachutes, foriegn investment and global aspirations. Demand union accountability - stem absenteeism, tighten work restrictions, better review family medical leave abuse, throw out appointed position slackers and eliminate job entitlement attitudes.
In turn we should expect work coming back to our communities, which should energize our economy, which hopefully will return the big three to profitability, and in a year or two create a robust return for the taxpayer.
If we don't start to come together soon, we will surely fall apart.
We just have to put politics aside and demand accountability. Please
save the U.S.A.. Don't ask for it, Don't argue about it. Demand it!

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

Good paying jobs are the creation of communities giving big corporations, like GM tax abatements. In return GM pays it's workers well which boosts the communities economy. This works well for the hourly insurance worker, the real estate worker, the school worker and the hospital worker. The whole community prospers. GM pays more taxes back to the Governments of this country than all the foriegn automakers combined. Foriegn automakers send thier profits not back into your communities, but back to Japan. By voting to close GM, you vote against your investment in your own community and to allow foriegn interests to entrench deeper in your back yards I agree that GM needs to redo their business plan because there are lots of mixed signals and this is why congress is taking their time to sort all this out.