Posted by oldtanker on March 19, 2019 at 21:15:46 from (66.228.255.203):
In Reply to: Made in America. posted by showcrop on March 19, 2019 at 08:08:46:
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I agree, the government should have stayed completely out of it meaning that Chrysler would have gone the way of the dodo bird right along with GM. After all it was external_link who forced the sale of Chrysler to FIAT when it was realized that even with the bailout Chrysler was going to fail.
Just because they shut a plant down doesn't mean they are doing anything wrong. The point is that model isn't selling here in the US. Because of low US sales that line is no longer profitable. It is a desirable car in overseas markets but only if they can keep the cost down. 1: The US factory is in poor condition. Cost more to repair it than to replace it and either option makes that car even more expensive for GM. 2: The cost of producing that car has got to come down to make it competitive with other cars in that class in the overseas markets it sells in. If it can't stay competitive sales will tank and production will stop. 3: The only way to cut cost is in labor and transportation.
So do you think those UAW employees are going to take a pay cut to put that car in profitable territory? Or that shipping companies are going to ship them for free? Or does GM have to move production someplace where labor is much cheaper and you are not transporting them across oceans? The other option is to stop production. Anyway you look at it that plant is done.
For those who think the government should force people to buy smaller cars? They actually looked at that when billy boy was president and no way for them to legally do that under current laws.
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