The union runs GM. This com. will never be profitable until someone has the guts to kill the union. Put control back in the hands of the owners and then and only then will they be profitable.

"Unless one cares to be protectionist, provincial or ideological, the GM-Chrysler bailout made no sense in 2009 or now."

In the political environment that existed at the time, there was no question of there being such a bailout, the only question was: Would the Liberal/NDP/Bloc Coalition get hold of the reins of power and throw borrowed money around like drunken sailors or would there be this limited bailout to mollify fickle Ontarians in this crucial voting area.

I drive a Japanese car and always will. I do not support a socialist rip off auto manufacturer such as GM or Chrysler. I support non union companies … they work harder and you get better value.

Remember, not content with a bailout, the CAW will still have it's greasy hands in our pockets, in Ont. , extracting more in the form of subsidies for the power their ridiculous wind turbine produces.
Every month, your hydro bill should show a line that indicates how much your giving to the CAW for useless power.

They should have been left to sink or swim, the bail outs were shameful....For this reason I will never buy another GM or Chrysler and to this day I tell everyone who will listen the same thing. I could understand the disgusting abuse of taxpayers money by the socialist McGuinty and although I know harper had a minority and the coalition government threatening I still feel ill that they followed that route.

Gee, workers paid on the same scale as university presidents! I bet that they are more useful, however.

Yes, kiddies, Graham Spanier at PSU received the big bucks for looking the other way on the Jerry Sandusky file. It was poor old Joe Paterno got it in the neck.
I had better not say anything about our fellow down here on the Rock, except that he's on the same pay scale -
"disgusting abuse of taxpayers money" covers it - alas, we even have a PC government.

They should not have bailed GM or Chrysler out. We had a good chance to get Z-71's for under $20,000 with the bailout they went over $30,000.

Besides, GM could have sold enuf of it's Foriegn Divisions to rescue it's American Division. Complete scam by our Gov't including Democrats and Republicans. Hell, we all know this bailout was just to save the SEIU pension funds.
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Saw a good chart on The Five.

Topic was a $10,000 subsidy for buyers of the Chevy Volt.

Average income of American wage earner = $33,000.

Average income of Volt buyer = $170,000.

So, the average taxpayer is subsidizing members of the 1% ... as defined by the Occupy movement.

Why is it their heads are not exploding?

I drive a Japanese car and always will.

I do now. My 'newest' N.American vehicle is a '95 F-150, still runs good. That was before they stated making crap.

Abe, Golfergirl and North of 60, ditto here. We are on our third Honda vehicle over a 13 year period and they have been great for fuel economy and reliability. We love our Pilot as does my back.

Although in the interest of full disclosure,we do have a 2003 GMC 1500 we bought while still farming and to pull our cabin camper. Ford and GM trucks were always good to us while farming, but cars not so much. The Toyota Tundra apparently is a more reliable 1/2 truck from what owners tell me.

Funny that bit about "Peugeot selling cars in kit form to Iran"....

I had a '75'.....tough, economical, great highway car....handled well but it's brakes were biodegradable with a brief shelf life. My X killed it....backed into a tree, blew the clutch and melted the starter....

Her opinion..."it's a piece of crap"...."two brake pedals and neither worked"......

Serenity now!