Despite My Cantankerous View Toward a Bailout, This is Eye Opening.

My problem with this whole bailout proposal is the American Auto makers' approach to car manufacturing since the Japanese explosion of the late 70's and early 80's. Year after year sales revenues were in drastic decline, but American car makers weren't addressing the problems. American cars have fallen behind in fuel efficiency, safety, design, and thus popularity. They have continued to ask premium prices for generic quality. "The Big Three" have no one to blame but themselves. I feel for the hundreds of thousands of Americans that gave their blood, their sweat, and some, their lives for a pension that they thought would be secure. I can't imagine going to an assembly line and sweating for 25 years. These are the people that built this great nation one car at a time. American car makers should be held accountable. They need a drastic overhaul in their design and their distribution processes. The AIG bailout has shown American taxpayers that these corperations don't value our money. The iniquitous approach in which these executives execute their businesses has already been proven inefffective. Let's remember, they're coming to us for help. The car manufacturers are no different. Why should billions of hard to earn tax dollars go to bail out car makers that have been and will continue to give American consumers substandard quality and safety compared to their oversees competitors. They have ignored the needs of the American consumer for 25 years and there needs to be changes. My father worked on the assembly line at GM in the late 60's and early 70's. Cars were built to stand the test of time. They were big and full of muscle, but times have changed and their business model did not. I'm convinved people will buy American made vehicles, but they will not buy cars for equal value that exhibit substandard quality and reliability.



Albeit Michael Keaton, this is art imitating life.