In just a few short weeks Ford will shut down its relatively new plant in Batavia, Ohio. The reason, so far as I’m concerned, is that Ford refuses to lower its prices. This is a bit of arrogance on the part of both the company and their union. Better to have no job at $100 per hour package than a job at $50 per hour package.
Ford’s major issue is the price of their vehicles. Their second most important issue, and it is similar, is telling their customer base to take a hike. They do this with their insistence on social engineering policies that alienate their customers.
They are perfectly free to give health benefits to anyone they want for any reason. And I’m perfectly free to buy whatever automobile I want. You’d think, though, that their stockholders would want some say in how they spent their money, how they priced their vehicles, and how they treated their customers.
I guess they must’ve already had their lopitoffame.
In most market segments, Fords are cheaper than the competition already. How much lower should they go when they’re the cheapest car in a segment and they’re still not selling?