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Originally Posted by Tsar

ARE YOU SERIOUS? what does past have to do with present? how about EVERYTHING? My mother will never own a Ford because it broke down every other week. Does ford make better product now? Maybe, will she ever buy it? HELL NO. Ford can be the most reliable car in the world, and she would not touch it with a stick. I suspect she is not the only one. When people have bad experiences they tend to remember them, and well not do the same mistake... I must say WOW again.

Congrats, you can say wow. English isnt so bad now is it?

No doubt that there are plenty of ignorant people that would never give another company a try. There are plenty of people that also read Consumer Reports and belive it as if it was brought down from the Mount!
I bet you there are plenty of Toyota Tacoma owners that will never own a Toyota again. Or Camry, Avalon, and Lexus ES300 owners that will never own another due to oil sludge.
Or Honda Accord, Acura TSX and TL owners who had to keep replacing thier glass transmissions will never buy them again.

Id say that MOST of the people that "will never buy again" due to a failure in thier car turned out to be an OE, or Operator Error.

Can I blame the people who have a bad taste in thier mouth? No. But to totaly ignore, remove themselves from the thought of every owning ANY American automobile ever again because thier Geo Metro was a POS.

Im not saying that people should buy American to be American. But people need to due thier own research, test drive the cars, and be happy with thier purchase.

I had a customer come in and he told me that he wanted his brand new 08 Accord to ride like an 08 Malibu. I gave him a puzzled look, and asked him how did he know what an 08 Malibu feels like when driving?
He said "I drove one, it was great! Interior was great, I liked the style better, and rode and handled better."
Then I asked him why he got the car that rides rough, its because "well, I have had a Honda before, so I figured that this would be the same."
I smiled so big that I think I made him uncomfortable. I then told him that the Malibu's 18 inch tires would not fit his 17 inch Accord wheels, and that he would most likely never be able to replicate the Malibu's ride unless he traded it in for one.

Let's just say that big 3 are at the end of the gravy train... no one wants them to have this money now. If they were the first ones like AIG, they would probably get it no problem. But the fact is, they are not. They will waste the money just like everyone else. Go to a spa or some crap. I for one do not want to see more money go to waste.

People do want the Big 3 to have the money. Most people are upset that they will get it with no strings attached. But most people do want this.

Part of the problem is the fact that banks squander it, so why should we PRINT MORE MONEY AND WASTE IT ON GM?

My point is...why do we have to give the banks the other 350billion? I dont see the need. Banks seem to be doing ok now. Outside of Citi cutting 53k people today, rates are cut so low that there is no reason the banks should not be lending.
I say throw 200billion back into the kitty, and 150b to the Big 3 and Tier 1 suppliers to sure them up.
Then you move foward to prevent this from happening again. The Big 3 must move towards profitability, and the goverment must work with them for that goal.

BS, prices of food have been climbing steadly and nothing has been done. Hell apples used to be (last fall) <2.50 and now they are 4 bucks.

I would rather have money, and no inflation.

Prices of food have been climing for many reasons. First it was fuel costs, then it was costs of something else, now its inflation.

Originally Posted by Tsar

If working in wal mart is not your cup of tea, than it is your problem not mine. If you need a job, find one. Simple as that. It's totally different than not finding a job you want or like. But it is pretty easy to find a job that people typically do not like, such as wal mart. I will always stand by my statement. My family has done it, so can others.

Its not as simple as just finding another job. If 16% of Americans dont have a job to spend money, then even places like walmart will not be able to hire the people because no one is spending becaue no one has money.
Towns will colapse, the city of Detroit will become a ghost town, industry as a whole will falter faster then ever before.
America will lose its core manufacturing and industry OVERNIGHT!!!
You know what, the Big 3 are also some of the largest purchasers of medication for the UAW, but guess what will happen when they cant buy the drugs? Drug companies will then take a hit, healthcare for the US will dry up. Beyond the secondary supplier jobs, it would hit so hard.
And who is gunna build all our wepons? With most of all the major manufacturing gone, it will be outsourced.

Its a big more complicated then just getting a job at Walmart. When 3 million people are jobless overnight, in an economy where no one is hiring, its gunna hurt REAL bad. Its not like we have this vast and expansive job bank for Americans to fill.