Comments on: Big 3 Face Stiff Challenge On Capitol Hill

Auto Execs Continue To Press Case For $25 Billion Loan To Resistant Lawmakers

[nriss1859]

i wasnt in the market for a mustang btw i was trying to make a point that ford and gm and chrysler are all about suv, trucks, and sports which most americans are not looking for.

[nriss1859]

"LETS JUST TAX TOYOTA HONDA AND ANY OTHER FOREIGN AUTO MAKER IN THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE AND WHAT HAPPENS. "
for what?
they are doing what they are supposed to.
i bought a honda accord in 08, i effn love my car.
its very safe and very fuel efficient.
if these bozos would have made something similiar i would have bought it.
i mean the new mustang is very nice but i''d be broke if i had bought one. Gas, ins, ect.
dont even say to buy a fusion or focus...that nonsense is ugly.

[tonykim42]

Steve Kroft, CBS News did not ask Obama how $150,000,000.00 donation from UAW to Obama%u2019s election
helped the big 3 auto industries to avoid their bankruptcy: The executives of 3 big auto industries have been
mismanaging their extreme resources last 30 years just like Obama had been taking
advantage of the honorable Federal Student Loan System till he decided to run for the presidency!

Neither Steve Kroft, CBS News did ask Obama how Obama%u2019s life time taking
advantage of the honorable Federal Student Loan System helped the executives of Fannie
Mae & Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns and AIG to avoid their taking advantage
of the Washington for the duration of their organizations!

Nor Steve Kroft, CBS News did remind Obama how %u201CThe drop hollows the stone,
not by its force, but by its frequency%u201D.

[likenoone-2009]

Why did GM kill the EV1 now ask that look at who
killed the electric car

[dmgenet]

Oh and I believe a well known Japanese company is opening a new plant in the US putting more US citizens to work. The irony is heavy.

[dmgenet]

No one talks about how GM is doing very well in the rest of the world. It is only the US management team that are failing. Chapter 11; reorganize and get rid of the unproductive fat on the management teams.

[usclimey]

with the workers who want to make a decent wage, or with the management who crys about how labor costs are sinking the company while giving themselves huge pay increases.

Posted by Strangeworld

Nardelli''s salary with Chrysler is $1 per annum. Of course the $250 mil he pocketed when he left Office Depot probably aided his philanthropy.

[shelleyxjr22]

Hey, I own an insurance agency. I''m all for new car and home sales. I don''t make much commission writing an auto policy on inexpensive vehicles over 5 years old. Or on a $120,000 home policy

I''d much rather all my insureds drove new $50,000 - $75,000 Luxury vehicle. Or owned a million plus home.

However, given the current economy, banks new loan policies, guidelines and high interest rates. High ticket items and long term financing, form many consumers is now, and will be limited in the near future.

I can not see mass producing new homes or new cars. given the overall uncertain economic and insecure job market, were all faced with at this time.

What happens when the 700 Billion dollars runs out?

[rickwar]

That''''s one of the problems in the US...consulting is not a business...it''''s a made up BS deal that allows the manager of one company or government department to line the pockets of their friends legally. We''''ve got entirely too much consulting, managing, coordinating, and "leading" and not enough working and doing.

Posted by Strangeworld at 03:15 PM : Nov 19, 2008


Time to go back to business school and learn what real consultants do. I consult small start upbusinesses on accounting, taxes, customer retention and employee training and retention. The majority clients I have, have been with me for over 18 years. This allows them to concentrate on what a good business does, make money.

[rickwar]

"Nor have I heard that the UAW would forgo any union benefits."

Really???

Cutbacks in retiree health care worth $1 billion to GM and $850 million to Ford

Delphi: concessions to cut pay to $14 per hour for the new hires replacing the 20,000 union members who took buyouts to retire early.

UAW locals gave in to demands to reopen plant-level contracts, agreeing to the elimination of long-established work rules that once gave the UAW the power to resist management''s constant pressure for speedups

UAW Local 900 voted to approve a four-day week and 10-hour-per-day shifts at Ford''s Michigan Truck Plant to reduce overtime pay

In addition to accepting outsourcing of work, they agreed to shift many managerial duties to union employees.

Giving nothing? Shall I continue?