Plenty of Blame to Go Around

[madbaker]

I had to read this through three times.

"GM collapsed because the government forced the company to bear more of the costs of health-care and pensions than competitors like Toyota and Honda," said Jerry Gillespie, president of UAW Local 160.

And what color is the sky in your world?

Comments

[ldyanna.livejournal.com]

And not because they failed to plan ahead and build cars that people WANTED to buy.

[666-bookwyrm.livejournal.com]

Today is Tuesday; my sky is pink with purple polka dots. Tomorrow, it might be blue and gold stripes.

Aquamapurple

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

Uh...uh...

Okay, I'm speechless.

[j-i-m-r.livejournal.com]

ummm ... puce?

Gang Green

[aastg.livejournal.com]

...as in one of the many colors a SUPPURATING CORPSE turns.

Uh, what about their famously rigid corporate culture? What about their famous inability to revamp or cut loose non-performing brands?

Oh, and Humvee. I rest my case.

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

OMG, what an idiotic statement!

Quite a while back there were a lot of people who didn't want to own huge cars and I realized that Detroit wasn't listening.

GM's bankruptcy is sad, but not a surprise to me. What is surprising to me is that it didn't happen 20 years ago.