Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
The government of japan, and germany both helped those car companys. They also have government paid health insurance.And before all this FREE? trade, they taxed the hell out of american cars sold there.Yeah let congress deny the bail out, all of them will still be getting paid, and their benefits will still be tax payer funded.Its the same ole same ole, give to finance, oil, and farmers, and screw most everybody else.And let the government run part of the auto industry? The government that several years sold siezed autos and boats and houses from drug dealers and LOST money,. that government? The government that was doing so well for all those 6 years, and let the democrats ruin the whole country in two years? wait thje dems only controlled one third, the senate was republican yet .
Yet with all these TAXES, the best selling vehicle in China is NOT a Toyota, NOT a Hyundai, Not a Mazda...........it is a GM vehicle......IMAGINE THAT.

It sells BETTER there, because it is MADE THERE, and they have no UNIONS.

Get rid of the UNIONS, pay a CORRECT WAGE, and the automakers will start selling their vehicles HERE.

We CANNOT compete with labor costs.

AND DON'T THINK we don't already subsidize the auto industry.....WE DO, but most of it is hidden.

AND with regards to taxes.........in the Late 70's and early 80's, the foreign SMALL cars were beating the HELL out of us on price, so our government, decided to TAX the CRAP out of foreign imports.......They were trying to make our vehicles more competitive, by ARTIFICALLY inflating the price of foreign vehicles..........SO, in their INFINITE WISDOM, what did the big 3 do................of COURSE........they raised the price of their vehicles 20 percent.......BRILLIANT.


Later,

Geo