Interesting video on GM

Shane361 · 09-03-2012, 12:24 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo

2001hawk · 09-03-2012, 03:46 PM

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.UEUHfubCt4E

Guess soon your Cobra and my TransAm will be step brothers once Ford is officially renamed as well.

Shane361 · 09-03-2012, 03:48 PM

Touche'

2001hawk · 09-03-2012, 04:10 PM

http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/printthread.php?t=44832

Also only about 40% of the Ford Motor Company workers are employed in North America and that includes Canada and Mexico of course. Understand I am in no way a proponent of the bailouts, never have been, but all car companies are building cars in places that have cheap labor. That in turn means the people there will need a way to get back and forth to work and have some coin laying around to go and buy a car. That fact will reinforce the need to build cars where they won't have to be shipped across a border.

Harry · 09-03-2012, 04:13 PM

We shouldn't have bailed them out to begin with. Hard to say anything to them now. Thanks Obama.

2001hawk · 09-03-2012, 04:43 PM

The main problem was set in motion long ago. The auto workers union strikes and rules that if you are employed by one of the big three in America you are working in a union plant. This in turn forces GM and Ford to build vehicles in Mexico and Canada to skirt the rules or start supplier companies like Delphi and Visteon. Meanwhile, Kia and Toyota etc get to operate with non union American workers.

Shane361 · 09-03-2012, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2001hawk

The main problem was set in motion long ago. The auto workers union strikes and rules that if you are employed by one of the big three in America you are working in a union plant. This in turn forces GM and Ford to build vehicles in Mexico and Canada to skirt the rules or start supplier companies like Delphi and Visteon. Meanwhile, Kia and Toyota etc get to operate with non union American workers.

Ding Ding Ding

Mustangscotty · 09-03-2012, 05:53 PM

Special interest will aways put stuff like that out for the public to see. Interesting stuff, but I wonder how much of it is accurate. This China stuff has been going on for a long time. Was it billions to bail out GM in America or GM in China? How did GM accountants figure the numbers they presented to Congress? Did they factor in China figures or US only? Should China have bailed out GM in America? What would have really happened if nobody bailed out GM?

My advice, don't fall for that BS.. The message it sends is skewed and if its repeated enough times, then it becomes truth.

09-03-2012, 12:24 PM	#1
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2001hawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,224	http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.UEUHfubCt4E Guess soon your Cobra and my TransAm will be step brothers once Ford is officially renamed as well. __________________ People call me John, Jim, or Bobby. Last edited by 2001hawk; 09-03-2012 at 04:11 PM.

09-03-2012, 03:48 PM	#3
Shane361 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Creek Posts: 2,622	Touche' __________________ 2015 Comp Orange Procharged GT Mustang 2018 Grey Ford F150 XLT Sport 4x4

09-03-2012, 04:10 PM	#4
2001hawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,224	http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/printthread.php?t=44832 Also only about 40% of the Ford Motor Company workers are employed in North America and that includes Canada and Mexico of course. Understand I am in no way a proponent of the bailouts, never have been, but all car companies are building cars in places that have cheap labor. That in turn means the people there will need a way to get back and forth to work and have some coin laying around to go and buy a car. That fact will reinforce the need to build cars where they won't have to be shipped across a border. __________________ People call me John, Jim, or Bobby.

09-03-2012, 04:43 PM	#6
2001hawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,224	The main problem was set in motion long ago. The auto workers union strikes and rules that if you are employed by one of the big three in America you are working in a union plant. This in turn forces GM and Ford to build vehicles in Mexico and Canada to skirt the rules or start supplier companies like Delphi and Visteon. Meanwhile, Kia and Toyota etc get to operate with non union American workers. __________________ People call me John, Jim, or Bobby.

09-03-2012, 04:13 PM	#5
Harry Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 3,321	We shouldn't have bailed them out to begin with. Hard to say anything to them now. Thanks Obama.

09-03-2012, 05:53 PM	#8
Mustangscotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 699	Special interest will aways put stuff like that out for the public to see. Interesting stuff, but I wonder how much of it is accurate. This China stuff has been going on for a long time. Was it billions to bail out GM in America or GM in China? How did GM accountants figure the numbers they presented to Congress? Did they factor in China figures or US only? Should China have bailed out GM in America? What would have really happened if nobody bailed out GM? My advice, don't fall for that BS.. The message it sends is skewed and if its repeated enough times, then it becomes truth.