The jobs went away because of the UAW. Unions were a good thing at their inception, but they have completely outlived their usefulness.
As a business owner, I understand that you need to constantly cut costs to be competitive. In manufacturing, labor is a huge part of the cost of production. Labor costs have to be passed on to the consumer. Union greed and an ever-increasing entitlement mentality are the things killing manufacturing in this country, not the manufacturers or the government. Bill Vander Werf _____ From: chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net [mailto:chevelle-list-boun...@chevelles.net] On Behalf Of Terry S Hodges Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 8:20 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] New Ford Plant Toyota's are built in Georgetown Ky Nissan's are built in Smyrna Tn On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Dan Rachlin <rodi...@gmail.com> wrote: Strange how "Buy American" now means Toyota's that are built in Tennessee.?? On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Rich Pruett <busted_knuck...@comcast.net> wrote: This is fascinating. If you watch, listen to the very last couple of sentences. This is a short video of a new Ford plant in Brazil . One look at this and you will be able to understand why there will probably never be another assembly plant built in the USA. It will also point out why more assembly plants will go offshore. You won't doubt that Ford, GM, and Chrysler are destined to go under, after watching this video. They will survive, but their assembly operations in the U.S. likely won't, whether we have provided a bailout or not (listen closely at the end for the reason why ). <http://apps.detnews.com/apps/multimedia/player/index.php?id=1189> http://apps.detnews.com/apps/multimedia/player/index.php?id=1189 And we wonder where the jobs go. This should help with the explanation!!!!!
