Why America Is Shunning GM

Boycott Bail-outs!!!

Boycott ANY company getting bail-outs:

GM, Chrysler, AIG, Citi, Bank of America, etc.

Just refuse to do any business with them. Go with credit unions if you can.

Paul of CA @ Mar 23, 2009 09:38:06 AM

souped up car's

why do they build those souped up cars that was built in the (70s) when they didnt give a dam about the kids that got killed and the envirment, emishions, gas mileage ! know there building them why?

you want to help the envirament so you dump the cars that are farly good on gas mileage and emissions for these gas gaulzing hot rods why!

money money talks you cant fight the goverment there going to do what they want and thats give them the money!!!!

keyieo of WA @ Jan 27, 2009 03:08:27 AM

GMAC Insensitivity

Try calling GMAC and ask for aid with their leasing program. Their answer is similar to a loan shark F. U. Pay Me after taking tax dollars one would imagine they would soften their position.

CMG of CT @ Jan 08, 2009 08:09:32 AM

Chyrsler is owned by venture capitalists

Don't forget we are bailing out a bunch of venture capitalists. They bought most of Chysler from Daimler on the theory they could "fix" it and flip it back to the public in a public offering. Lookslike the taxpayers are the fix. It gauls me to bail out these people.

Bingo of NC @ Dec 30, 2008 17:11:20 PM

Too bad so sad big 3

I bought three Chryslers in a row. All three were junk. A 1997 & 2000 Jeep Cherokee and a 2000 Dodge Truck. When my rear-end went out for the third time at 38K where was Chrysler...sorry we could not get it right the first two times but now your over your warranty by 2K miles...so you now get to pay. That was the last Chrysler I will ever buy.

Ford burned my out with two Mustangs with nothing but problems. Again, no help from them to repair their junk. And yes, G.M., I had two of those as well, a Vega and a Camero...both with nothing but problems. I have a car for transportation, not to keep running it back and forth to the dealer only to have them say "sorry, I could not duplicate the problem....that'll be $300.00 please."

Now I drive a Mazda. The first year all I did was change the oil. Not so with my American cars!

My point? If they cannot run their business correctly and make nothing but bad cars passed on to us for big bucks, then they need to go out of business like all other companies that make bad products and duck out when the products fail. Although, Ford is 51% or so family owned, don't think they will let their legacy go so easily.

Keep in mind, all other car makers have plants in the U.S. Let the employees from the big 3 go to work for the other makers whose business will increase due to sales picked up from the loss of the big 3.

If nothing else, slim them down to only the best and trash the rest, including their high paid, do nothing, execs who just pass off bad products. Accountability folks!!!

G. Scott of CA @ Dec 26, 2008 20:01:18 PM

bush cause's gm's downfall

mr.bush gives businesses 100% tax write off for exsensive suv's.goverment causes the problem,now they can help.besides who will build future retro cars/the japs don't have any.

manfred of CA @ Dec 26, 2008 14:23:06 PM

Robin Hood in Reverse

This bailout of the auto industry is disgusting.

It's nothing more than Reverse Robin Hoodism--

robbing the poor to give to the rich. What does

the average US taxpayer make in a year? Like

44K? I know. Let's take money out of their

pockets to subsidize a bunch of 100K factory workers

and management/executives that make way more than that.

I'm originally from Detroit and wish it would get out

of it's obsolete and bloated cocoon and join the rest

of the modern world. These Chicken Littles from GM keep lecturing us on economic collapse and how the

human species will be extinct within a year unless they

get their handouts. If they're such economic experts, why

did they go belly-up to begin with.

The "cuts" they're proposing are nothing more than

symbolic and do nothing to address the systemmic problems

that have made them who they are-- antequated dinosaurs

with their hands out. So GM is going to sell a few airplanes

and the CEO will work for 1 dollar a year. So what? That

changes nothing. They're losing 2-3 billion a month.

Why do people even worry about what the CEO makes anyway?

He's only 1 guy. Does it really matter whether the CEO

makes a dollar a year or 45 million dollars a year when the

company loses 37 billion a year?

GM and Chrysler can whine all they want about the credit

crunch, the bad economy, 4 dollar gasoline, the price of

tea in China, etc. Why then is it that none of the other

car companies (Nissan, Ford, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Volkswagen,

etc.) need taxpayers to bail them out?

Curtis Young of OH @ Dec 19, 2008 21:32:31 PM

Multiple problems, multiple solutions

If a single company has financial problems, you say oh well, that's business. but when an entire industry has major financial problems, something else is probably going on. The quality of American cars has improved so dramatically in the last 10 years or so. There is really no comparison to the vehicles of the 70s, 80s & 90s. however the perception of low quality still lingers. Remember that a worker has to build as required by their boss.No matter how good or bad an employee is, poorly engineered products will not preform well. Management decides what to build and sell.Management also decides whether to fix a problem, or let the lawyers handle it. Management decides what level of quality the cars will be. Most if not all of the foreign auto plant in this country have received enormous financial incentives such as free property, no property taxes, government backed loans, and other perks totaling hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. Here in NY state where I live, new businesses locating here get all the breaks while existing companies like the one I work foe (an office equipment manufacturer) are taxed so heavily that our rates are high to start.Regulations from the Federal Gov, State gov, County gov, OSHA, EPA etc require so many people(probably hundreds) to work without producing any value-added benefit to the product.When you figure in the protectionism from Europe, South America, & Asia, making it impossible to sell there without more people deciphering their jargon (ISO 9000, ROHOS, ect) You may not know it but most countries won't let American products in without a fight. Union workers do have good wages & benefits, & I understand why people are asking for concessions. I wonder if the non-union workers & especially the executives are also making a lot of money. Perhaps we should demand they also bring their pay in line with the average US salary. I heard that the head of Ford made 22 million dollars. American executives are making 200 to 1000 time the wages of the average worker. Foreign executives make 10 to 20 times the average salary. With much better results. The Board of Directors of virtually every large US company is just a good old boys & girls club that enriches themselves at the expense of everyone else. Can you imagine getting paid $20-$20,000 for every meeting you attend. They do. Finally, I want to remind everyone that since the US Government caused a large number of their problems, the least they can do is to help them find solutions the will help keep millions of people employed. The UAW is only a small part of the people affected. Parts suppliers, tool & Die shops, machine manufacturers Steel, aluminum, plastic manufacturers, Tire companies, wires, glass, nuts & bolts. All these industries will loose jobs & many will go out of business.The American economy needs manufacturing to be strong

Chuck Carr of NY @ Dec 19, 2008 20:37:55 PM