So, why wasn't Gregory Knox running for office? On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > There was lots of discussion on this topic a coupla weeks ago, I got this > from someone else, seems a point/counterpoint. > > --R > > A letter from GM and a response from an industry vendor's President. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Next week, Congress and the current Administration will determine whether to > provide immediate support to the domestic auto industry to help it through > one of the most difficult economic times in our nation's history. Your > elected officials must hear from all of us now on why this support is > critical to our continuing the progress we began prior to the global > financial crisis......................As an employee, you have a lot at > stake and continue to be one of our most effective and passionate voices.. I > know GM can count on you to have your voice heard. > > Thank you for your urgent action and ongoing support. > > Troy Clarke > President > General Motors North America > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From Gregory Knox, > > In response to your request to call legislators and ask for a bailout for > the United States automakers please consider the following, and please also > pass this onto Troy Clark, the president of General Motors North America for > me. > > You are both infected with the same entitlement mentality that has bred like > cancerous germs in UAW halls for the > last countless decades, and whose plague is now sweeping the nation, > awaiting our new "messiah" to wave his magical wand and make all our > problems go away, while at the same time allowing our once great nation to > keep "living the dream"... > > The dream is over! > > The dream that we can ignore the consumer for years while management > myopically focuses on its personal rewards packages at the same time that > our factories have been filled with the worlds most overpaid, arrogant, > ignorant and laziest entitlement minded "laborers" without paying the price > for these atrocities...and that still the masses will line up to buy our > products > > Don't tell me I'm wrong. Don't accuse me of not knowing of what I speak. I > have called on Ford, GM, Chrysler, TRW, Delphi, Kelsey Hayes, American Axle > and countless other automotive OEM's and Tier ones for 3 decades now > throughout the Midwest and what I've seen over the years in these union > shops can only be described as disgusting. > > Mr Clark, the president of General Motors, states:There is widespread > sentiment in this country, our government and especially in the media that > the current crisis is completely the result of bad management. It is not... > > You're right -- it's not JUST management...how about the electricians who > walk around the plants like lords in > feudal times, making people wait on them for countless hours while they drag > ass...so they can come in on the weekend and make double and triple > time...for a job they easily could have done within their normal 40 hour > week > > How about the line workers who threaten newbies with all kinds of scare > tactics...for putting out too many parts on a shift...and for being too > productive (mustn't expose the lazy bums who have been getting overpaid for > decades for their horrific underproduction, must we?!?) Do you really not > know about this stuff?!? > > How about this great sentiment abridged from Mr. Clarke's sad plea: over the > last few years ...we have closed the quality and efficiency gaps with our > competitors. > > What the hell has Detroit been doing for the last 40 years? > > Did we really JUST wake up to the gaps in quality and efficiency between us > and them? > > The K car vs. the Accord? > > The Pinto vs. the Civic?!? > > Do I need to go on? > > We are living through the inevitable outcome of the actions of the United > States auto industry for decades.. > > Time to pay for your sins, Detroit. > > I attended an economic summit last week where a brilliant economist, Alan > Beaulieu surprised the crowd when he said he would not have given the banks > a penny of "bailout money". Yes, he said, this would cause short term > problems, but despite what people like George Bush and Troy Clark would have > us believe, the sun would in fact rise the next day... and something else > would happen...where there had been greedy and sloppy banks new efficient > ones would pop up... that is how a free market system works...it does > work...if we would let it work... > > But for some reason we are now deciding that the rest of the world is right > and that capitalism doesn't work -- that we need the government to step in > and "save us"...save us, hell -- we're nationalizing...and unfortunately too > many of this once fine nations citizens don't even have a clue that this is > what's really happening...but they sure can tell you the stats on their > favorite sports teams...yeah -- THAT'S important... > > Does it occur to ANYONE that the "competition" has been producing vehicles > EXTREMELY PROFITABLY, for decades now in this country?...How can that be??? > > Let's see...Fuel efficient...Listening to customers...Investing in the > proper tooling and automation for the long haul...Not being too complacent > or arrogant to listen to Dr W Edwards Deming 4 decades ago...Ever increased > productivity through quality, lean and six sigma plans...Treating vendors > like strategic partners, rather than like > "the enemy"...Efficient front and back offices...Non union > environment...Again, I could go on and on, but I really > wouldn't be telling anyone anything they really don't already know in their > hearts. > > I have six children, so I am not unfamiliar with the concept of wanting > someone to bail you out of a mess that you have gotten yourself into -- my > children do this on a weekly, if not daily basis, as I did at their age. I > do for them what my parents did for me (one of their greatest gifts, by the > way) -- I make them stand on their own two feet and accept the consequences > of their actions and work them through. > > Radical concept, huh... > > Am I there for them in the wings? Of course -- but only until such time as > they need to be fully on their own as adults. > I don't want to oversimplify a complex situation, but there certainly are > unmistakable parallels here between the proper role of parenting and > government. > > Detroit and the United States need to pay for their sins. > > Bad news people -- it's coming whether we like it or not > > The newly elected Messiah really doesn't have a magic wand big enough to > "make it all go away" I laughed as I heard Obama "reeling it back in" almost > immediately after the vote count was tallied..."we might not do it in a > year...or in four..." where was that kind of talk when he was RUNNING for > the office? > > Stop trying to put off the inevitable ...That house in Florida really isn't > worth $750,000...People who jump across a border really don't deserve free > health care benefits...That job driving that forklift for the big 3 really > isn't worth $85,000 a year...We really shouldn't allow Wal-Mart to stock > their shelves with products acquired from a country that unfairly > manipulates their currency and has the most atrocious human rights > infractions on the face > of the globe...That couple whose combined income is less than $50,000 really > shouldn't be living in that $485,000 home...Let the market correct itself > people -- it will. Yes it will be painful, but it's gonna be painful either > way, and the bright side of my proposal is that on the other side of it is a > nation that appreciates what is has...and doesn't live beyond its > means...and gets back to basics...and redevelops the work ethic that made it > the greatest nation in the history of the world...and probably turns back to > God. > > Sorry -- don't cut my head off, I'm just the messenger sharing with you the > "bad news" > > Gregory J Knox > President, Knox Machinery, Inc. > Franklin, Ohio 45005 >
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