How Detroit's Big Three Automakers Screwed Up

THE BIG THREE SPENT 4 DECADES DISREGARDING THE FOREIGN AUTOMAKERS. AFTER ALL THEY WERE THE "BIG THREE". ALSO DISREGARDING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, THEY FAILED THE COUNTRY BY BEING ARROGANT, ABOVE THE AVERAGE WORKING PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THEIR OFTEN INFERIOR PRODUCT. STARTING IN THE 1960'S WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS SWITCHED TO MORE GAS EFFECIENT, REPAIR FREE, AND BETTER BUILT VEHICLES THE "BIG THREE" IGNORED THE NEW UPSTARTS. AFTER ALL THEY WERE THE "BIG THREE". MARKET SHARE BEGAN ERRODING WAY BACK THEN. THEN THE UNIONS BEGAN GETTING REWARDED FOR NOT STRIKING WITH EXCESSIVE BENEFITS. SLOWLY THE "BIG THREE" NO LONGER RAN THE COMPANIES BUT WERE CO-MANAGERS WITH THE UNIONS. I AM A LOYAL AMERICAN, FORMER COMBAT MARINE AND LOVE MY COUNTRY. tHESE THREE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN SELFINDULGENT, LIVING THE HIGH LIFE, DISREGARDING THOSE THAT BUY THERE CARS AND FAILED TO BECOME GOOD AMERICANS. IF I HAD MY WAY I WOULD PUT THEM UP AGAINST A WALL AND SHOOT THEM. WHAT THE HELL IT WORKS IN CHINA.

CHARLES B. SALWEN of FL 8:27AM May 12, 2009