...and some of this
Posted on 11/20/2008 4:33:38 AM PST by NavVet
Romney was just interviewed on Fox and Friends and said that it was unfair that that the Big Three American Automakers were burdened by the high retirement costs and that we had to "make sure those cost were shared by the transplants (Toyota, Honda, VW etc.).
Go back to Mass and be quiet, Romney.
Little late in the game for that.
I’d like to see a direct quote on that statement, before I give it credence. Romney was not for the bailout. I hardly think he wishes for the big three to share one of the reasons for their downfall with the successful auto companies.
He was always a socialist. Look what he did to the Massachussetts health care system.
...and some of this
Good lord! What kind of convoluted reasoning produced that?
I’d like to see a direct quote on that statement, before I give it credence.
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I had the same thought. It doesn’t sound right.
Untrue!
I did not see it and it is hard to believe he would say that. I would expect him to say, we should de-unionize our auto makers and free them to design and produce an affordable technical competitive product. The dirty little secret that no politician will speak is that unionization of auto manufacturing has added wage costs and retirement costs to the price of every car making them too expensive to compete against foreign products.
Has everyone in politics lost their tiny little minds??
i thought he was against the bailout? is this his funked up idea of “spread the wealth”? is he suggesting as it appears that we force the other auto makers to provide the same beni’s? s’pose i will hold out on purchasing toyota or nissan stock....
The health care you are referring to was going to happen in MA with or without him, imagine what it would have been if a liberal dem was in office when it was being designed and negotiated.
I will wait and see the original quote in context and then consider what he said.
Why do ultra-liberal, socialist, fascist politicians chortle in absolute, uncontrollable laughter
at the moment when they take the liberty, rights, or money of their enslaved constituents
without a single vote except their own, like Romney here imposing his socialized medicine (HILLARYcare)?
Hmmmm....I just watched it and somehow missed this.
Read this yesterday ...
Big 3 UAW compensation - $73 per hour
U.S. Toyota-Honda-Nissan comemnsation - $44 per hour
Is it any wonder they can't compete.
I just watched it too (Tivo); the comment was at the very end of the interview with Gretchen. It was definately a WTF? moment. She should have asked him to clarify what he meant because it made no sense.
what he meant was simple for anyone listening - go to bankruptcy and kill or reduce the non-auto mfg related liabilities - if they end up dying and get liquidated its going to happen anyways - at least that way we can keep a domestic auto industry and the current employees working
the old saw “nuthin stupid lasts forever” applies to Michigan residents too
Your statement is false. Mitt said that for the U.S. car makkers to stay competitive they have to keep their costs in line with the foreign companies producing cars here in our country. Their costs are much lower. Do you know what socialism is? I wouldn’t want you running my company.
It appears that some people have indeed lost their tiny little minds.
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