GM said to consider more cuts as market shrinks

General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market.

[James]

It might be to little to late for GM. Short sighted management is destroying this country.

[Teddy]

Nimble as an ox strong as a kitten

[Me here]

i love my 4 chevrolets! All the rest of the GM brands can suck wind as far as I'm concerned....just keep the chev-row-lays rollin'!!!!

[Jabarten]

I have no idea, when GM plows through the rest of it's cash, how it is going to service its obligations. As some have remarked, too little, too late. I suspect GM is within 2 years of bankruptcy.....

[one_of_u_liberal s]

They need to cut the cajones off of the management teams that have let this happen. This is criminal.

[rootvg]

one_of_u_liberals wrote:

They need to cut the cajones off of the management teams that have let this happen. This is criminal.

Sure, it's criminal...but it's been going on for a long time.

Read John Delorean's book, On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors. It's an older book (any library will have it) but it's GOOD book and shows very clearly why GM and the other two domestic auto companies are in the mess they're in.

This isn't about product. This is and was always about the unions, the corporate culture of Detroit and (to a lesser extent) Wall Street's short term mentality.

[one_of_u_liberal s]

rootvg wrote:

<quoted text>
Sure, it's criminal...but it's been going on for a long time.
blah, blah, blah.....

Notice that I at least offered a solution :) You are just restating the obvious.

[RU Kiddingme]

rootvg wrote:

<quoted text>
Sure, it's criminal...but it's been going on for a long time.
Read John Delorean's book, On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors. It's an older book (any library will have it) but it's GOOD book and shows very clearly why GM and the other two domestic auto companies are in the mess they're in.
This isn't about product. This is and was always about the unions, the corporate culture of Detroit and (to a lesser extent) Wall Street's short term mentality.

You're right about Detroit's corporate culture and Wall Street's short term mentality. We'll make a socialist out of you yet.

[rootvg]

one_of_u_liberals wrote:

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Notice that I at least offered a solution :) You are just restating the obvious.

I've offered several solutions, but they all involve getting rid of of organized labor and their allies among the Depression era generation who seem to pray at the altar of Franklin Roosevelt.

The states against whom Ohio is competing for jobs and professional population and Federal money for infrastructure and education have (for the most part) Right To Work to legislation on the books and have lower taxes or no state income tax and are generally more friendly to business. Ohio will simply have to man-up and find a way to make it work. The kinds of halfway measures we've seen since the eighties (done in an attempt to make it look as though Columbus is "doing something" when the real intent is to keep from offending certain constituencies) simply won't work any longer.

I like Ted Strickland but he isn't what you need.

Ross Perot is what you need...a screaming, yelling, loud mouth SOB swinging a baseball bat. People said Perot couldn't fix the Texas primary education system back in the eighties and nineties. Perot did precisely that and it formed the underlying foundation of the Texas tech boom that took my wife and I there in 1995.

You CAN do this. You have to.

[rootvg]

RU Kiddingme wrote:

<quoted text>
You're right about Detroit's corporate culture and Wall Street's short term mentality. We'll make a socialist out of you yet.

Read that book.

While you're at it, read Iacocca's books as well. I like Lee. I always did.

[rootvg]

RU Kiddingme wrote:

<quoted text>
You're right about Detroit's corporate culture and Wall Street's short term mentality. We'll make a socialist out of you yet.

Even Lou Dobbs will tell you Wall Street's obsession with next quarter's results is ruining the country.

And he's no Socialist. Far from it.

[one_of_u_liberal s]

rootvg wrote:

I've offered several solutions, blah blah blah - blah blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah - blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah - blah blah blah blah.
You CAN do this. You have to.

Yawn.

[Well rootvg]

zzzzzz.Cali

http://www.thepolicyreport.net/2009/03/22/the...

rootvg wrote:

<quoted text>
I've offered several solutions, but they all involve getting rid of of organized labor and their allies among the Depression era generation who seem to pray at the altar of Franklin Roosevelt.
The states against whom Ohio is competing for jobs and professional population and Federal money for infrastructure and education have (for the most part) Right To Work to legislation on the books and have lower taxes or no state income tax and are generally more friendly to business. Ohio will simply have to man-up and find a way to make it work. The kinds of halfway measures we've seen since the eighties (done in an attempt to make it look as though Columbus is "doing something" when the real intent is to keep from offending certain constituencies) simply won't work any longer.
I like Ted Strickland but he isn't what you need.
Ross Perot is what you need...a screaming, yelling, loud mouth SOB swinging a baseball bat. People said Perot couldn't fix the Texas primary education system back in the eighties and nineties. Perot did precisely that and it formed the underlying foundation of the Texas tech boom that took my wife and I there in 1995.
You CAN do this. You have to.

[Well rootvg]

its Cali's problem, u fix it......
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1241825...

rootvg wrote:

<quoted text>
I've offered several solutions, but they all involve getting rid of of organized labor and their allies among the Depression era generation who seem to pray at the altar of Franklin Roosevelt.
The states against whom Ohio is competing for jobs and professional population and Federal money for infrastructure and education have (for the most part) Right To Work to legislation on the books and have lower taxes or no state income tax and are generally more friendly to business. Ohio will simply have to man-up and find a way to make it work. The kinds of halfway measures we've seen since the eighties (done in an attempt to make it look as though Columbus is "doing something" when the real intent is to keep from offending certain constituencies) simply won't work any longer.
I like Ted Strickland but he isn't what you need.
Ross Perot is what you need...a screaming, yelling, loud mouth SOB swinging a baseball bat. People said Perot couldn't fix the Texas primary education system back in the eighties and nineties. Perot did precisely that and it formed the underlying foundation of the Texas tech boom that took my wife and I there in 1995.
You CAN do this. You have to.

[collectivist drone]

one_of_u_liberals wrote:

They need to cut the cajones off of the management teams that have let this happen. This is criminal.

I agree. Any management team that lets a union bankrupt a company cannot be very good. Bring in someone with a spine.

[Well Rootvg]

Day of Reckoning...rootvg--fix it...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1242598478296...

rootvg wrote:

<quoted text>
I've offered several solutions, but they all involve getting rid of of organized labor and their allies among the Depression era generation who seem to pray at the altar of Franklin Roosevelt.
The states against whom Ohio is competing for jobs and professional population and Federal money for infrastructure and education have (for the most part) Right To Work to legislation on the books and have lower taxes or no state income tax and are generally more friendly to business. Ohio will simply have to man-up and find a way to make it work. The kinds of halfway measures we've seen since the eighties (done in an attempt to make it look as though Columbus is "doing something" when the real intent is to keep from offending certain constituencies) simply won't work any longer.
I like Ted Strickland but he isn't what you need.
Ross Perot is what you need...a screaming, yelling, loud mouth SOB swinging a baseball bat. People said Perot couldn't fix the Texas primary education system back in the eighties and nineties. Perot did precisely that and it formed the underlying foundation of the Texas tech boom that took my wife and I there in 1995.
You CAN do this. You have to.

[well rootvg]

cut yur fatass DBA job and outsource it to india.

www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/20/c...

rootvg wrote:

<quoted text>
I've offered several solutions, but they all involve getting rid of of organized labor and their allies among the Depression era generation who seem to pray at the altar of Franklin Roosevelt.
The states against whom Ohio is competing for jobs and professional population and Federal money for infrastructure and education have (for the most part) Right To Work to legislation on the books and have lower taxes or no state income tax and are generally more friendly to business. Ohio will simply have to man-up and find a way to make it work. The kinds of halfway measures we've seen since the eighties (done in an attempt to make it look as though Columbus is "doing something" when the real intent is to keep from offending certain constituencies) simply won't work any longer.
I like Ted Strickland but he isn't what you need.
Ross Perot is what you need...a screaming, yelling, loud mouth SOB swinging a baseball bat. People said Perot couldn't fix the Texas primary education system back in the eighties and nineties. Perot did precisely that and it formed the underlying foundation of the Texas tech boom that took my wife and I there in 1995.
You CAN do this. You have to.

[well rootvg]

its Cali's problem, you fixt it......

The hour is late. Until the 1980s, Californians got richer faster than the rest of the nation did. But in 2007 alone, 260,000 people moved to other states with more opportunity. The Tax Foundation says only New York and New Jersey have worse business tax climates.

[cowlady]

Beat nobody has seen this in the headlines anywhere in the media! To all you people that support Hondas!! yeah, they have a great car!!

440,000 Honda's Accords & Civics are being recalled due to airbags that may shoot shrapnel into people's faces when deployed -- a potentially lethal defect. One person has already died & 6 others injured. My question is -- where is the press? I know that if this were Ford, GM or Chrysler, this would be in every cover story across the country. The Accord was the # 4 best seller in the United States in 2001 & #5 in 2002. The Camry was the #8 best seller in 2001 and 2002 -- the years being recalled.



http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTR...

[Camarosrulez]

hondas suk! imho