if those companies go under then the UAW would in theory collapse with it.

Unfortunately the gov't would prop them up with financial packages because they are crooks.


People will scab when they start starving.

11/8/2008 12:01:54 PM

imho the toyota-gm merger of the early nineties wasn't so bad......my geo is running strong.

11/8/2008 12:56:07 PM

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"There is no way that the UAW would dissolve, even in the face of the big 3 going under - there are still plenty of Toyota and Honda workers here in the states that are unionized."

Toyota and Honda (and most other foriegn manufacturers with a presence in the US) are non-union labor. And they make significantly more money, have better benefits, better working conditions and more job satisfaction.

11/8/2008 2:13:06 PM

thats because unions suck ass and promote laziness.

fuck unions

sucks living up in NY when their all over the place

11/8/2008 7:44:12 PM

It's real and it's coming

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122616278065311225.html

Here's to hoping BO reigns in Reid and Pelosi once he takes the reigns, otherwise I'm going to suffer a severe does of voters remorse.

11/9/2008 3:54:15 PM

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"Diahatsu was never a large Auto manu neither was Citroen, mini, or RR. They were all small-time, highly localized auto makers (some boutique). This is GM we're talking about here. Not some fucking crackerjack car manufacturer - GM is one of the largest and longest lasting auto manu's in the world."

LOL...say that to Europeans, Africans, and most of the rest of the world who drive Citroen's. They're pretty popular to be 'small-time'. Maybe GM (one of the WORST) manufacturers could learn a thing or two.

11/10/2008 12:10:44 PM

damn, once you give money out people ask for more.. next i predict the airlines will come asking....again.

11/10/2008 12:44:26 PM

if only we all could print money after we made a couple of bad decisions.

11/10/2008 1:21:18 PM

^^^Citroen's are shit, and have never been a HUGE manufacturer

11/10/2008 11:16:07 PM

i hate harry reid so much

11/11/2008 9:13:53 AM

^^reading 101. They're popular but where do I say they're a huge manufacturer?

Citroen, Peugeot, etc aren't HUGE but they are popular in other areas of the globe.

AND they're actually pretty decent cars. Which is a lot more than GM or any US auto manf. can say.

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:08 PM. Reason : .]

11/11/2008 12:06:37 PM

Quote :

"damn, once you give money out people ask for more"

yep.

wait, i thought you were a huge leftist?

Quote :

"if those companies go under then the UAW would in theory collapse with it. "

Not unlike many parasite-host relationships.


^^ GM has demonstrated that it is absolutely capable of building world-class cars. They just usually don't.

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM. Reason : asdfase]

11/11/2008 7:25:02 PM