Are we seriously thinking of handing billions of dollars to the big 3 automotive manufacturers? Isn't this just perpetuating the real problem with the U.S. auto industry? The problem with the U.S. auto industry, i.e. GM, Ford, & Chrysler is not the quality, though it may have been in the past. The problem is not the designs. Chrysler has been extremely innovative. Ford has brought the love of the muscle car back with its retro-Mustang. The U.S. is the world leader in trucks. Blue collar America goes to work every day in a pick-up. I own a 1969 Chevy pick up and I love it. So then the problem with the U.S. auto industry is just all about gas mileage right? Not even. Again, we are a leader in Hybrid and Electric cars. GM has made huge strides here. The real problem? Well, the dirty secret that nobody wants to tackle, including congress and the president, is the United Auto Workers. (The UAW). Yes, the union is our worst enemy. We have these unions that bully the company into paying ridiculous wages that are not in line with the job skills and make us uncompetitive in a world market. Back when every car on the road was American made, the unions could set the false wage, and the playing field was level. Now, who makes the best and least expensive cars? Japan? Korea? Germany? China? You name it. Wherever there is no UAW union dictating what a company should pay its people. So they are more competitive because the wages are really low in other countries right? Wrong. Cars are being built in America and these people who are Americans make good wages building them. But these foreign owned auto makers are not forced mafia-style into paying wages that are out of line with the current market and economy.
So let's bail out the poor auto industry and ignore the real problem.... Sounds great. Maybe with that bail out money, we'll increase the wages even more. Pad the retirements. All that instead of putting money where we need to, into R&D. We could easily out-build the foreign auto-makers, make cooler cars, that are extremely dependable, and fuel-efficient, if the friggin UAW union would just be outlawed. They should be put in jail for fraud. They are an antiquated organization that needs to be banned from our capitalist country (what's not been socialized) and allow good old American entrepreneurs and companies to thrive without jumping through all the hoops and red tape that unions create.
Until next time
The Union-free Cable Guy
www.professionalcable.com
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