Comments on: Say goodbye to the auto industry… http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/32/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Progressive Traditionalist http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/32/#comment-75 Progressive Traditionalist Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:19:25 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-75 Toyotas sell for a reason: people like them. The mileage and safety ratings are consistently higher than American-made vehicles. This is a failure at many levels. Toyotas sell for a reason: people like them. The mileage and safety ratings are consistently higher than American-made vehicles.
This is a failure at many levels.

]]> By: Jerry http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/32/#comment-63 Jerry Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:48:40 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-63 I don't think Japan is the reason for their failure. I think it's the billion you state, and the inflated labor costs, not to mention building products that we've all known for years did not represent the products Americans wanted. Congress mandate of 15 max. MPG on SUV's was/is a method to collect tax revenue on the middle class via gasoline prices. Last poster - these plants could easily re-open if you built a Quality product that would fail here and there every other month to nickel and dime you to death, that would look good and get great gas mileage. A Cooper look-a-like without the 28 thousand dollar price tag. Wake up America! I don’t think Japan is the reason for their failure. I think it’s the billion you state, and the inflated labor costs, not to mention building products that we’ve all known for years did not represent the products Americans wanted. Congress mandate of 15 max. MPG on SUV’s was/is a method to collect tax revenue on the middle class via gasoline prices.

Last poster – these plants could easily re-open if you built a Quality product that would fail here and there every other month to nickel and dime you to death, that would look good and get great gas mileage. A Cooper look-a-like without the 28 thousand dollar price tag.

Wake up America!

]]> By: stan stevenson http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/32/#comment-53 stan stevenson Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:57:53 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-53 The GM Wentzville Missouri auto plant is not going to one shift. We are working 10 hrs a day with two shifts of production and a third shift of maintance and house keeping. So dont beleive everything you read or hear. Get your facts straight before you pass any more wrong information on. Yes it is obvious that the auto industry is hurting. We use to have many more plants in missouri.St. louis GM truck plant on union blvd. closed,Ford motor company Hazelwood MO. plant closed,GM parts service operation in Hazelwood MO. closed. Chrysler van plant in Fento MO. ideled. Fenton truck plant has made announcements of layoffs. Lear corparation which builds seats for the big 3. Enagram corp. builds seats for chrysler van plant. eathier closed or ideled. This list of parts makers goes on and on. So with all these good paying jobs gone the economy in Missouri will suffer. What jobs will replace these good paying jobs in Missouri? That is what I would like to here about. The GM Wentzville Missouri auto plant is not going to one shift. We are working 10 hrs a day with two shifts of production and a third shift of maintance and house keeping. So dont beleive everything you read or hear. Get your facts straight before you pass any more wrong information on. Yes it is obvious that the auto industry is hurting. We use to have many more plants in missouri.St. louis GM truck plant on union blvd. closed,Ford motor company Hazelwood MO. plant closed,GM parts service operation in Hazelwood MO. closed. Chrysler van plant in Fento MO. ideled. Fenton truck plant has made announcements of layoffs. Lear corparation which builds seats for the big 3. Enagram corp. builds seats for chrysler van plant. eathier closed or ideled. This list of parts makers goes on and on. So with all these good paying jobs gone the economy in Missouri will suffer. What jobs will replace these good paying jobs in Missouri? That is what I would like to here about.

]]> By: Joe Stephens http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/32/#comment-48 Joe Stephens Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:10:13 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-48 The dems want to tax the "windfall profits" of our domestic oil companies. You don't have to be a genius to know that stealing capital from the oil companies reduces their ability to compete for resources on the world stage. Exxon only ranks at #17 with respect to reserves of oil internationally Also, the theft of money from oil companies affects millions of pension plans of retired and working people by confiscating a portion of the book value or dividends of oil companies invested in by their pension plans. The dems want to tax the “windfall profits” of our domestic oil companies. You don’t have to be a genius to know that stealing capital from the oil companies reduces their ability to compete for resources on the world stage. Exxon only ranks at #17 with respect to reserves of oil internationally Also, the theft of money from oil companies affects millions of pension plans of retired and working people by confiscating a portion of the book value or dividends of oil companies invested in by their pension plans.

]]> By: goodtimepolitics http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/32/#comment-46 goodtimepolitics Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:22:07 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-46 Also Obama and the democrats want to put more pressure on the auto industry in how they build cars and then take away all the tax breaks. Raised fed min wages and employees benefits causing the products to cost more that what we Americans want to pay! The government needs to stay out of the business of regulating companies! The buyers will regulate what the companies do! Also Obama and the democrats want to put more pressure on the auto industry in how they build cars and then take away all the tax breaks. Raised fed min wages and employees benefits causing the products to cost more that what we Americans want to pay! The government needs to stay out of the business of regulating companies! The buyers will regulate what the companies do!

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