Comments on: Big Three Back in DC to Beg for a Bailout http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/12/04/big-three-back-in-dc-to-beg-for-a-bailout/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:12:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Levi http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/12/04/big-three-back-in-dc-to-beg-for-a-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-108819 Levi Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:32:31 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=17742#comment-108819 <i>So according to these critics — who will be making the decisions if the three stooges get the free $34 billion they’re pleading for — the problem is that Detroit has been making “higher-profit” vehicles, instead of the overpriced, inefficient moonbatmobiles that the government will demand in return for our money.</i> Just because you can sell SUVs for a higher profit doesn't mean there's absolutely no risks to making them the cornerstone of your product line. The market for them in America is narrowing as the economy worsens and gas prices go up, and outside of the country there's virtually no market for them. A smart Detroit would have recognized that SUVs were good for short-term, supplemental profit and not neglected the fundamentals of their company and product line. You really are a moron if you think the unions deserve the bulk of the responsibility, by the way. So according to these critics — who will be making the decisions if the three stooges get the free $34 billion they’re pleading for — the problem is that Detroit has been making “higher-profit” vehicles, instead of the overpriced, inefficient moonbatmobiles that the government will demand in return for our money.

Just because you can sell SUVs for a higher profit doesn’t mean there’s absolutely no risks to making them the cornerstone of your product line. The market for them in America is narrowing as the economy worsens and gas prices go up, and outside of the country there’s virtually no market for them. A smart Detroit would have recognized that SUVs were good for short-term, supplemental profit and not neglected the fundamentals of their company and product line.

You really are a moron if you think the unions deserve the bulk of the responsibility, by the way.

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