You mean the Toyota and Honda companies that benefit from government sponsored health care in their home countries? You mean the Toyota company that was able to go to it's government and get money to work on a hybrid car system?
Why don't you think the auto industry should be allowed to play on a level playing field? Also, why do you feel they make an inferior product....In the JD Powers survey for mid-size cars, the Chevy Malibu and the Ford Fusion both scored 5's in overall quality while Honda Accord only scored a 3. In compact multi-use vehicles, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Ford Escape and Honda CRV all scored 5's....the rest of the field trailed. I drove a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix to 90,000 without a single problem. I drove my Chevrolet 2500 to 100,000 with the only problem of defective glow plugs which were replaced under warranty (Ironically, I think they were made by Isuzu). On Nov 10, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Won Lee wrote: > No. The reason the US automotive industry is in the steaming pile > there > are in right now are > > 1) They make an inferior product > 2) Legacy costs > > A bailout does not address these problems. Quite frankly, F or GM > going > under doesn't hurt the economy as severely as the banks going under. > Actually, I would imagine that if F and GM went under, Toyota and > Honda > would probably open up another factory or two in TN or KY (or wherever > their plants are located) to meet the demand. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 10:11 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: should the government rescue the auto industry? > > I'll be happy to be wrong. > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Dana wrote: > >> I am not sure you are correct about Obama. He seems to be avoiding >> entanglement with the financial services bailout; wisely in my >> opinion. I think his vote for the plan was a mistake and the plan >> is a >> disaster. >> >> As for the auto industry, my answer is hell no. >> >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279630 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
