Comments on: US Automakers Disgust Me

By: Tim Baer

Tim Baer — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:11:18 +0000

I dunno, man. The unions wanted to protect their jobs. The automakers couldn’t shrink without laying off workers. The automakers offered buyouts whenever possible.

I don’t like unions, I think they are a necessary evil. But in this case the autoworkers will probably get exactly what they fought for, jobs no company can afford to keep around.

Good luck to ‘em. Them people gonna be out on their ass.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:15 +0000

I actually don’t blame the unions… I’m not sure why. They organized and fought for their share of the profits when things were good. Good for them. I know the current labor contracts make it tough on the automakers to be flexible… but that is the price you pay for getting so large in the first place.

I can see two reasonable solutions… the first being to allow bankruptcy to force a drastic restructuring and the second being to give them a smaller bailout with the condition of splitting the company into smaller pieces. I’m sure some of those smaller companies would be able to survive(maybe even thrive?) as they will be able to be much more flexible. Of course that does mean a number(most?) of them would fail really quickly, which is good because many of their lines of cars are crap.

By: Tim Baer

Tim Baer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:10 +0000

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/attention_american_auto_makers.html

That sums it all up.

By: Tim Baer

Tim Baer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:01:09 +0000

It’s insane, Daniel. The “bailout” won’t even bail them out of the debt they have racked up. These companies need to shrink to begin to become profitable again.

Don’t forget to blame the unions too.