New GM chairman: 'I don't know anything about cars', page 1

Originally posted by Max_TO
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler

Perhaps thats the problem .

I just think that at a time such as this , one would want the most knowable person for the job , not a person with no knowledge of the industry .

Also , this guy states that he feels that he is doing a “public service.” ?

I would venture a guess that this guy was also smiling from ear to ear when he was making this statement , and not showing a serious somber look .

Given that the government has bailed out this company , going against public opinion , would it not have given a greater appearance had they chosen a more experienced person ?

[edit on 10-6-2009 by Max_TO]

[edit on 10-6-2009 by Max_TO]

First off no offense to anyone but public oppinion brought us President Obama! The media can just about make anything seem like a good or dumb idea and a lot of what's going on with GM is about busting up the last 'living wage' union in America...

Now having said that, do you have any idea, any at all how much tax revenue General Motors has raised for the Federal Government and all 50 states over the ONE HUNDRED YEARS it's been in business?

It's a heck of a lot more than the bailout money they are recieving.

Do you have any idea how many people are employed directly by General Motors, General Motors dealerships, General Motors subsidiaries in entertainment, services, and electronics, and how many more are employed indirectly through shipping, advertising and repairs and how much tax revenue they generate over the ONE HUNDRED YEARS General Motors has been in business?

Long and short of it is most Americans are as stupid and ignorant and self centered as they are whiney and misinformed.

The United States would be nuts to let GM go out of business, and by the way it's not like GM doesn't sell a kazillion cars, or that just because Toyota finally unseated them 2 years ago for most cars sold in America while Toyota has posted a 10 BILLION DOLLAR LOSS the first quarter.

Americans need to wake up and grow up, it's bad enough that our economy is already in the toilet from idiotic consumers buying almost everything from groceries to the pans they cook them in from Asia and compliantly talk to someone in India when they have a complaint about them.

Every auto manufacture foriegn and domestic is in trouble right now, big trouble for one reason FROZEN CREDIT MARKETS.

Wake up!