Reply #63: Plenty of blame to go around [View All]

Idiot management for mass producing SUV's for the sake of short-term profits. Sacrificing the future to live in the present.

Top-heavy management. Shitcan half of them and put the other half to work.

The UAW. I've seen one post out of two threads that even dares to mention labor. Militant attitudes, casual work ethic, all the red tape and hurdles they put out would put any company out of business. Even if GM focused on making common sense cars they would have trouble breaking even given the obstacles they face.

Retiree health benefits. A benefit won fair and square during negotiations some 30 or 40 years ago, so really no blame there. Just a fact. I hear something like $1000+ on the price of every vehicle goes to retiree health. Probably doesn't help that the typical factory worker isn't going to be the most health-conscious person.

Consumers. Buy a foreign vehicle, that's American dollars and American jobs that go away.

Sometimes dealing with American automakers is like dealing with the mafia. Any shit they have to deal with gets passed down to the suppliers and nothing no one can do. They never needed to look internally. Now they do.