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In what way aren't they competing? They're beating or on par with all the major companies. I'm sure you know that European and Asian countries bailed out their auto industries just like we did.
jmking, So open your own plant and pay $100 an hour if you wish.
Transplants thrived in RTW USA. D-3 needed government to save them from their UAW-led demise.
Most are not paid $100 and hour, more likely in the $20 an hour range. What jacks their pay up and what many anti union folks don't tell you that its the benefits---health insurance and pensions in which most americans often seek from their labor.
Some do, I'll definitely give you that. But a lot of them really don't, and that's a very honest assessment in our time.
I personally refuse to drive imports, and I've been very well served by the three American cars I have owned. But then again, I know the market and I know what to buy and what NOT to buy. Do your research first and you're much less likely to run into any issues.
Your question posits an incorrect assumption. We ARE competing against foreign imports. And successfully too. Last I saw, the only foreign car maker gaining inroads into the US market is Hyundai.
Reliability, quality, and appeal have all been improving in US brands. So in my book, we're competing, and winning (currently). Even though the "evil nasty" unions are "ruining" US manufacturing. LMFAO.
This whole thread started with a bad premise, that US automakers can't compete with foreign ones. They are competing and generally successfully (well maybe not Chrysler but it hasn't been a player for years).
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Unions and rediculous retirement benefits.
Always nice to hear the simplistic, incomplete answer.
For those who like to place all blame on unions, please supply an example of a contract signed by only one party. And gthen go and check out the compensation of US auto company company upper managenet vs. foreign auto company upper management and explain why you're so willing to overlook that as being a contributing factor.
What is this argument based on? Is it not enough for you that GM is the largest auto manufacturer in the world?
Lame.
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