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Obama Wants a 'Better Plan'? Here's One: Bite the Bullet

It has been rather nice the last few days to focus on something positive. We in Michigan have taken enough of a beating from our Government, Wall Street and the rest of the country for something that was not our fault (every time there’s an attack on our employers – it’s a personal attack to us). Had the financial sector not failed we wouldn’t have anything to discuss other than who would win the NCAA Tourney. The fact that the Detroit 3 outsold the top 5 transplants in any given month shows that they are the best of the best regardless of what the pundits say. The fact that Michigan State will play in the NCAA Championship game tonight…shows that they are the best of the best…again….regardless of what the pundits say.
So pundits - here’s my suggestion for the auto industry (it’s not bite the bullet):
Restrict imports to the level that are exported to those same countries (reciprocation) so we can get through this…or put up the money and shut up - it really is that simple.



On Apr 06 02:50 PM slowdown wrote:

> The Detroit 3 OEMs sold more vehicles than all of the rest of the
> transplants combined for the month of March. Knowing what we know
> today about the threads of the domestic auto industry woven into
> our economy…I hardly think bite the bullet is the appropriate answer.....and
> how 'bout those Spartans??? Pretty darn good for car makers that
> build cars nobody wants and a bball team that according to the pundits
> lack talent and athleticism and size. I say to hell with the pundits
> on all fronts - GO DETROIT - GO GREEN GO WHITE- STATE ALL THE WAY!
>
> March auto sales:
> GM - 156,380
> Ford – 131,102
> Chrysler – 101,001
> Total Detroit 3 = 388,483
>
> Toyota – 132,802
> Diamler – 17,342
> Volkswagen – 15,270
> Nissan – 66,634
> Honda – 88,379
> Total transplant 5 sales = 320,427

Obama Wants a 'Better Plan'? Here's One: Bite the Bullet

The Detroit 3 OEMs sold more vehicles than all of the rest of the transplants combined for the month of March. Knowing what we know today about the threads of the domestic auto industry woven into our economy…I hardly think bite the bullet is the appropriate answer.....and how 'bout those Spartans??? Pretty darn good for car makers that build cars nobody wants and a bball team that according to the pundits lack talent and athleticism and size. I say to hell with the pundits on all fronts - GO DETROIT - GO GREEN GO WHITE- STATE ALL THE WAY!
March auto sales:
GM - 156,380
Ford – 131,102
Chrysler – 101,001
Total Detroit 3 = 388,483

Toyota – 132,802
Diamler – 17,342
Volkswagen – 15,270
Nissan – 66,634
Honda – 88,379
Total transplant 5 sales = 320,427

Obama Wants a 'Better Plan'? Here's One: Bite the Bullet

Yes...throw the bastards out and close the shores....there is no such thing as "free market" as long as there are governments to manipulate them.


On Apr 05 10:57 AM Glen L. wrote:

> Lone Ranger to Tonto: "If we ride straight at those Apaches surrounding
> us with our guns blazing, maybe we can escape this trap!". Tonto
> to Lone Ranger: "What do you mean WE, white man?"
>
> The point being, the author and many of the commenters keep saying
> WE should do this or that; you all want to second guess the central
> planners and institute your own version of central planning. If,
> instead, WE did nothing except mind our own business to the best
> of our abilities, and fired the central planners, we would not be
> in this mess in the first place, but since we are, starting to reject
> central planning now is the only way out. As you all seem to realize,
> we are in for either massive inflation or at least a decade of depression
> (maybe both as the feds try all available money manipulation options);
> so to my mind, biting the bullet means adopting the attitude of the
> much-maligned Warren G. Harding, and letting the FREE market sort
> out its own problems, leaving the taxpayers out of it. And no, Dave
> Wrixon, it is never too late to restore freedom to the marketplace.
>
>
> Never forget that all political solutions favor one or more special
> interests over all others. The possibilities for corruption, cartel-forming,
> and other evils in the current bailout climate are endless. Asking
> politicians to act responsibly with trillions of dollars, deflated
> or not, at their disposal is asking for the worst economic disaster
> in human history. How many zeroes in the number before we, as individuals,
> just say no and throw the bastards out?