Re: Say no to automaker bailout


"armpit" <armarmpitpit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:w_qdnWwEJdFgoLDUnZ2dnUVZ_oninZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"RickyBobby" <nascar42@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Zj8Xk.90$v37.78@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"David Starr" <davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:lpvoi4tmjc3thenvjqie5cdv0nvvbp99sk@xxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:57:22 -0800, "RickyBobby" <nascar42@xxxxxxx> wrote:


"David Starr" <davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I hope everyone here has a good job, not related in any way to the auto
industry. When my GM pension goes away, your tax dollars will be
supporting me.
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Nobody wants to see your pension go away. Believe that.

If the GM pension fund goes away, I'll get a percentage of it paid by the
Federal Pension Guaranty Board, which is taxpayer funded. Plus, there's always
public assistance (welfare).
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Retired Shop Rat: 14,647 days in a GM plant.
Speak softly and carry a loaded .45
Lifetime member; Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
Web Site: www.destarr.com
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Good deal. Why does Buick offer four models of the Lucerne? They do not sell enough of that car to need even two trim levels.

I think they need four trim levels to increase sales. Appealing to a wider market and all that.


Yeah, I see a ton of new Buicks on the street.

The problem that GM and Ford and Chrysler face it that nobody over the age of fifty would consider a Jap or German car because of WWII and nobody under the age of fifty would consider and American car because of quality.

You could probably draw a vary nice graph with the percentage of car buyers under thirty on one axis and the market share of the American car companies on the other axis. Or something like that.


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