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GM CEO Rick Wagoner Resigns -- US Govt Presses On
I'm not convinced of the "American car dealers have never been able to successfully sell foreign cars." part.
For instance, in 2008 Mercedes Benz sold 225,128 vehicles in the US, and that's down 11.2% over 2007's 253,433 vehicles.
BMW sold 336,265 cars in 2008 in the US.
Those two alone account for 7.7% of the entire amount of 7,667,066 vehicles sold in the US.
That's a pretty significant number considering that is only two of the import car companies.
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There's lot's of space up here in Cannuckistan, the banks are still making huge profits, the economy is slow but better than down there and there's good indicators we will rebound ahead of the rest of the economy's.
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As the old saying goes, "A majority of ONE only matters if YOU are that ONE".
The rest of the world will not let the Abomination drag them down with it.
Yes it will hurt if the auto sector jobs go away, but since our economy is well above some others, and we are a net EXPORTER of things like electricity, natural gas, oil, farm produce and forest products that will be in greater demand, we will bounce back faster, by all accounts, a LOT faster.
That said, I do honestly believe it will be a bumpy ride.
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Yes your banks are in better shape, but as far as employment goes there are BIG worries about the auto-related industries--such as Chrysler completely pulling out and perhaps GM too if contracts aren't revisited.
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Jeff, while it's a concern, it's not a big one, our plants make better, less expensive to produce vehicles than almost any others.
The plants in Brazil, Mexico and overseas will be closed long before ours are.
That little scrap of paper called NAFTA says vehicle production gets shared or our borders get closed to them, and vice-versa.
The new head hunters put in charge will go for quality and cost savings over protecting union jobs. Union propaganda only sells so many cars, less than quality will.
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Mark, I hear what you're saying, and to a certain degree even agree with it, BUUUUUUT........
No matter what the 'talk' is now, the bottom line is they must get the sales, and therefore profit, numbers up.
The rank & file of society will NOT (IMHO) go out and buy a GM (or whatever) merely because the guy in charge said to.
In the end the almighty green-back will win out over the 'best' intentions of the Goober-mint.
The rail system, heck, look at the oil industry.
Do you, or anyone else, know that what has been described as "more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil known in the world today" (according to the Denver Post) a deposit of more than up to 4.3 BILLION barrels are sitting under North Dakota and Montana?
Why is the oil still there, why are there no drill rigs tapping into it?
Environmentalists say "no"........
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BTW, what's the difference between Socialism and Communism? Two months.
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Democracy is two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner.
Socialism is two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner, but the sheep commands the armed forces.
Communism is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner, but both the sheep and wolves were brain-washed from an early age to believe they are all the same.
A Republic is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner..... except the sheep has a gun and doesn't mind eating grass.
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I was very fortunate, I learned management in two places, each had very different ideas of how to 'Direct & Delegate'.
The first was our family farm, for many generations now a large enough enterprise that it needed many 'hired hands', the treatment of them was always the same, they were not family, but may as well have been. When times were good they shared in that, when times were bad they shared in that too, usually voluntarily.
The second was courtesy of Uncle Sam. 'Direct & Delegate' meant orders, but it came with absolute responsibility for same. 'Nuff said.
When I started building my own business both of those styles came into it.
My employees have always shared in the business' bottom line, good or bad. A few years back after some medical problems they (as a group) were offered 49% ownership, they took me up on it and purchased the shares with my assistance.
I'm proud to say they have built the business even further.
I'm firm believer in do unto others.......
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Harvey, this is Cannuckistan, you won't need any of those things.
Ok, well maybe a few shotguns and a rifle or two, this place is loaded with deer, turkey and birds of all description. 
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