Posted by chuck t on April 25, 2009 at 19:51:07 from (71.81.249.115):
In Reply to: R.I.P. Pontiac posted by hillbillyOH on April 25, 2009 at 04:37:29:
remember the "70s and "80 when we were supposed to "Buy American? My response was "Build Better" Everyone would love to buy from their fellow countrymen, but why spend a lot of money on something of inferior quality? This is the fault of the management and the UAW; they conspired to appeal to nationalism rather than get busy and do the right thing; build a better product. Figured it out too late. They may have caught up in quality now, (my 2000 F-150 has 190K with little difficulty, but they let the japanese in the game with their arragance. Reputation are hard to lose. By the way, why should the government baul out these UAW guys who retire in their 50s? Get rid of the newer ones and put these guys to work to earn their pension. These "retiree costs" that the companies are paying for are not a bunch of 70 year olds, there a whole lot of them in their 50s and 60s perfectly able to work who are sucking the life out the companies.
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