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Even if it were true as represented, it's a drop in the bucket. Back when GM first made a billion dollars in a year, they employed 1.2M workers. When Google first did it, they were around 30,000.
Auto is the top of the food chain in manufacturing. The giant supply chain they hold up and in the US is staggering. I truly hope they are profitable and continue to be profitable. We need the domestics to be profitable.
Consider this. If this country stopped importing oil and everyone purchased domestic cars, it would be enough to even the trade deficit. If the return of supply chain components was enough to bring other industries back (think display screens yielding a return of monitor/tv production) this country could return to its golden age.
Even if it were true as represented, it's a drop in the bucket. Back when GM first made a billion dollars in a year, they employed 1.2M workers. When Google first did it, they were around 30,000.
Auto is the top of the food chain in manufacturing. The giant supply chain they hold up and in the US is staggering. I truly hope they are profitable and continue to be profitable. We need the domestics to be profitable.
Consider this. If this country stopped importing oil and everyone purchased domestic cars, it would be enough to even the trade deficit. If the return of supply chain components was enough to bring other industries back (think display screens yielding a return of monitor/tv production) this country could return to its golden age.
Why would I buy a car from a company that doesn't make a vehicle I am interested in?
We won't stop importing oil, but we may export as much or more than we import. The imported oil is necessary for refineries that are optimized for the heavier crudes that come in from overseas. Contrary to popular belief, oil is not interchangeable. A refinery that's optimized for heavy crude doesn't do well with the light crudes the US produces these days.
GM is in so much debit, that a billion is nothing in terms of their pension requirements. They are like a state government, they've got so much liabilities that when the recession hits they were the 1st to go belly up when income drops.
During the recession how come Toyota, Honda did not go belly up?
The problem with today's economy is that companies are too leveraged and way too much outstanding liabilities that were deferred. Any ripple in the economy will require a bailout just to pay their bills.
GM is in so much debit, that a billion is nothing in terms of their pension requirements. They are like a state government, they've got so much liabilities that when the recession hits they were the 1st to go belly up when income drops.
During the recession how come Toyota, Honda did not go belly up?
The problem with today's economy is that companies are too leveraged and way too much outstanding liabilities that were deferred. Any ripple in the economy will require a bailout just to pay their bills.
I dunno, I think he has a point. That's the problem with companies that become darlings, from Apple to Google to Tesla to Uber: they can do no wrong and their corporate doo-doo piles smell like roses.
GM stopped being any kind of darling a long time ago, except with the blue chip crowd, so it's no surprise they can do nothing right.
Debt isn’t necessarily GMs problem it’s their cost structure... when the next recession hits they won’t be able to scale downward that much. Hence the exit from many plants and unproductive lines right now is wise. I’d suggest they can’t shrink their footprint fast enough.
I dunno, I think he has a point. That's the problem with companies that become darlings, from Apple to Google to Tesla to Uber: they can do no wrong and their corporate doo-doo piles smell like roses.
GM stopped being any kind of darling a long time ago, except with the blue chip crowd, so it's no surprise they can do nothing right.
And there is a large group that bash Tesla no matter what they do. They want them to fail so they can be proven correct. What a lousy attitude.
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