You missed the part about the unions costing American manufacturers $1500 per car more than the non-unionized Japanese companies. They offer minimal benefits and let workers go after each rush to market. American companies have to pay workers all year long even during off-season.
On 7/2/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I disagree with 90% of this, but it's still interesting and I still > > agree with the let-the-market-solve-it idea > > The libertarian in me screams: "This isn't a federal problem to solve!" and > that's my general leaning. > > But at the same time the article sickens me. Not only is it incredibly > biased and insulting but it's also unpatriotic. > > We should be ridiculously upset with American auto manufacturers if they are > honestly claiming that they can't do as well as foreign companies. For them > to suggest (and for this author to not only give them a pass on it but > encourage them) that we're incapable is an insult to America. > > Nearly every "Japanese" you see on the road here is made here: American > factories, American workers and in many cases American designers and > engineers. I'm not sure of the numbers but how many American cars are > produced in Mexico? > > So much federal legislation has been passed to help American auto-makers. So > many bail-outs and cope-outs. If the Japanese can do it better, cheaper then > shame on us. > > So to sum up: > > a) Government should get back to governing and get out of the free market. > > b) Detroit needs to stop whining and man-up - because if there truly was a > free market they'd be roasted alive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237677 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
