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Jammer · 10-16-2009, 08:39 PM

Another report recently talked about GM testing The Volt cars down in The Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee (not far from here). Also Detroit actually has a lower unemployment rate than a couple other cities such as Flint, all of them in Michigan (' last I read up on it). Michigan is now leading the country is tv and computer advertising for employers to set up their shops in their state.

Recently I have been watching a lot of older TV shows on this computer on HULU.com, many from the 1970's. What strikes me as most interesting is how many of the prime time shows in the 1970's openly talked about the RECESSION in the 70's. By any study I am aware of, things are worse nowadays, yet little seems said about it on popular tv shows- I guess it's got to the point we just do not wish to be reminded of it. Or maybe it's about being politically correct.

I feel The Volt is sign, and/or a great example of where this nation stands today in 2009-2011. GM is now owned by the American, and Canadian Governments along with the UAW workforce. With all of this clout can an American car company ever take on the competition and win? Personally I feel GM has a chance to pull this off, but after so many decades of reading and hearing about all of the quality issues and mismanagement, not to mention all of the bad blood among so many taxpayers, I feel it's honest to say the jury is still out. I have heard for my entire life that GM is dying, and somehow they keep on going. For how long is yet to be seen. Will they keep operations in America? I feel they are trying but they increasingly seem to need to outsource more and more of their cars and trucks. When Henry Ford first started selling the Model T car it was well known that part of the success of the car was that the workers were paid a wage high enough to afford the cars they built. I feel things are heading the opposite direction now, and many car workers will no longer to be able to afford the very final products they are pouring their work into.

Was it Bob Dylan that sang something like "Times, they be a changing..."?

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Jammer Chevy and CB Radio Lover Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Kentucky Posts: 302 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Another report recently talked about GM testing The Volt cars down in The Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee (not far from here). Also Detroit actually has a lower unemployment rate than a couple other cities such as Flint, all of them in Michigan (' last I read up on it). Michigan is now leading the country is tv and computer advertising for employers to set up their shops in their state. Recently I have been watching a lot of older TV shows on this computer on HULU.com, many from the 1970's. What strikes me as most interesting is how many of the prime time shows in the 1970's openly talked about the RECESSION in the 70's. By any study I am aware of, things are worse nowadays, yet little seems said about it on popular tv shows- I guess it's got to the point we just do not wish to be reminded of it. Or maybe it's about being politically correct. I feel The Volt is sign, and/or a great example of where this nation stands today in 2009-2011. GM is now owned by the American, and Canadian Governments along with the UAW workforce. With all of this clout can an American car company ever take on the competition and win? Personally I feel GM has a chance to pull this off, but after so many decades of reading and hearing about all of the quality issues and mismanagement, not to mention all of the bad blood among so many taxpayers, I feel it's honest to say the jury is still out. I have heard for my entire life that GM is dying, and somehow they keep on going. For how long is yet to be seen. Will they keep operations in America? I feel they are trying but they increasingly seem to need to outsource more and more of their cars and trucks. When Henry Ford first started selling the Model T car it was well known that part of the success of the car was that the workers were paid a wage high enough to afford the cars they built. I feel things are heading the opposite direction now, and many car workers will no longer to be able to afford the very final products they are pouring their work into. Was it Bob Dylan that sang something like "Times, they be a changing..."? __________________ Support American Workers!