That is what GM told Congress in 2005. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/06/16/gms_healthcare_dilemma/
The economics comes in because they aren't just paying for current employees. They are also paying healthcare costs for a number of retired employees as terms of previous employment contracts. Judah On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Private ** wrote: >> Or we could be the government of good and make sure that everyone has >> health care and a stable retirement system in place so that GM doesn't >> have to add $1500 onto every car because of idiotic health care policy >> in our country. > > So let me get this straight. GM, a 266 thousand employee company, produced > 9.37 million cars in 2007. That is about 35 cars per employee. You are saying > that GM is paying $52,500 per employee per year for pension and health care? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors > > Jochem > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
