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A Modest Proposal For The U.S. Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars

More B school hogwash....how long do you think Dell and Apple will be in business as "designers" and "innovators" while no longer understanding how to manufacture? What makes you think Chinese and Indian manufactuers can't design for cheaper too? Toyota is not successful due to scale, but due to making relatively good cars and trucks under the complete protection of their home government which provides its workers with national health care and protects its home market by shutting out imports. I'm also tired of hearing how "nobody buys GM cars/trucks"...even though there are 70 million on the road in the US alone and another 70 million oustide the US. Another important factor to remember is that automobile manufacturing is infinitely more complex that simple Ipod and PC manufacturing....I still get PO'd over why my car starts everytime and is ready to drive in seconds while my PC needs to "boot up" for more than 5 minutes...what a joke....if anything PCs have gotten slower. Finally, manufacturing is core to national defense...try sending a soldier into combat w/an ipod and a laptop.