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Old 03-02-2010, 10:41 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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free market > government

Toyota problems don't lead to big auto sales lift for rivals - Mar. 2, 2010
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Texas
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What GM boycott? That's news to me.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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People have been boycotting GM at least since the 1980s.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:43 AM
 
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I just bought a brand new cadillac and love it.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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People have been boycotting GM at least since the 1980s.
Yeah, but now it's actually effective.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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What GM boycott? That's news to me.
The boycott from folks who said they will not buy from an automobile from a company primarily owned by the government.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Yeah, but now it's actually effective.
At some point it had to be. If people didn't start boycotting decades ago, GM wouldn't be in the position it is today.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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At some point it had to be. If people didn't start boycotting decades ago, GM wouldn't be in the position it is today.
ergo, my free market > government assertion.
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:49 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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The boycott from folks who said they will not buy from an automobile from a company primarily owned by the government.

So that wouldn't include intelligent folks who judge a product by its qualities?
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:53 AM
 
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At some point it had to be. If people didn't start boycotting decades ago, GM wouldn't be in the position it is today.
wrong Einstein. If GM did not make lemons they would be in a much better position today.
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