[cripplecreek]

The question is why do those on this board (not all but some) hate American Auto manufacturing and delight when people lose their jobs. Frankly it's sickening. I want Ford to succeed.

I agree. I live in the former manufacturing powerhouse known as the I-94 corridor in southern michigan. We used to be the home of secondary automotive industries that went overseas. They weren't union or high paying jobs, they mostly paid enough to raise a family on but little else. Today it's all low paying retail jobs or welfare here.

[nyconse]

People on this board do not understand the social cost of losing entire indusstries- electronics, garment, steel and now auto. This should not have happened. I blame the government. They did not demand fair and balanced trade. It is sad. We will all pay a heavy price for this in the end.