Re: [FWDLK] Where is everyone?

[William Huff <whuff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Amen, there is absolutely no accountability for the poor performance 
of management at all levels in US industry.  Only change I would make 
is that they should be escorted to the nearest grand jury for 
arraignment on fraud or malfeasance charges.

Bill Huff

t 11/17/200811:06 AM, Ray Jones wrote:
> It used to be "Made in USA", then Congress changed the law so that 
> "Made in America" was OK. the dumb american public thought that was 
> the same. Years ago, Chebby big cars were made in Canada, railed to 
> Janesville, WI and had final assembly point: "Janesville, WI" on the 
> MFG plate. What they did there was have guys go down the line of 
> cars and install the right hand rear view mirror.
> Honda built their US plant in Maryville, OH, and started building 
> cars eventually with 95% US content. The US top execs would come 
> down for tours to see how they were building so efficiently, with no 
> union, and took home nothing. Can't teach them.
> Honda tried to join the AAMA (Big three assoc.) and were told no, 
> "You're foreign". This while most US cars were built in Canada and 
> Mexico. Now we're down to 2 1/2 US mfg.. and they may go. Can't 
> teach them! Let it happen, maybe Honda, Toyota and others will buy 
> them up and make them successful.
>
> Which ever way it goes, the top 4 levels of execs should be fired on 
> the spot, with no exit packages and no bonuses. Same for anything 
> else the Gov. takes over, walk in, excort the execs out, and replace 
> with qualified people responsible to the Feds.
> Ray
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Greg Robertson wrote:
>
> It's not just political correctness, it's also about manufacturing 
> reality.  BMW, Mercedes, Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, and others all 
> build cars here while our big three have shut plants here and opened 
> more and more plants overseas.  I love my PT Cruiser, but it was 
> built in Mexico while a cousin of mine's Subaru was built in Indiana 
> by Americans, using a lot of American-made parts.   So what does 
> "buy American" mean any more?
>
> Maybe it just means buy and keep more ForwardLook cars. Nothing more 
> American than that.
>
> Greg Robertson
> '55 Savoy
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2008, at 5:29 AM, JRawa@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > stop importing and buy american....good idea.... but then we'd be a 
> > pro-american country and economy... and thats not politically 
> > correct in the modern world...
> >
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