Someone needs to round up their creditors and tell them to place GM in involuntary bankruptcy to shut this mess down.
Why should they cut costs, when Uncle Sugar is going to hand over a large wad of cash? It isn't going to happen this session of Congress. It WILL happen after Jan. 20th, make no mistake about it.
re: Are the Japanese companies going to the Japanese govt?
Of course not, they’re saving their pennies to get to Washington. It’s much easier to get money there than in Japan. We have a pretty impressive track record when it comes to taking from the producers and giving to the takers.
when sales are down, advertising often increases to induce more prospective customers to buy
Yea, and after the money goes to lawyers, company execs, union bosses, etc.
The poor poor guy making 40$ an hour sweeping the floor at GM is gonna say “Where’s my money?”
I would love to be awarded a Caddie Escolade. I certanly can’t afford one. American car manufactureres have done a bit better in recent years, but to be successful, They need “right to work”, bust union stranglehold - level the damn playing field. I pray for the folk on C-Span that tell it like it is, and hope they don’t drive through Dallas.
Almost forgot... that ad, however, was a scare tactic, no different than the Dems saying republicans wanted to kill old people.
It’s the union. The union made those execs take private jets to beg. The union makes them put up those ads. The union I tell you!
Is a sarcasm tag necessary?
Reminds me of the Apple commercial mocking Microsoft for spending money on advertising instead of fixing Vista.
I was at HomeDepot in the electrical section. I wanted to buy a 50ft telephone line. They were all GM. I put it back on the shelf and went to Lowes.
I know. What I bought was probably made in China, but I needed the cord, and GM is at the top of my SOL list.
If they get caught up in an irrational panic about their viability or lack thereof, it would probably do more harm to the company’s bottom line than the modest cost of an online advertising campaign.
Ah yes, the old “if GM sneezes, the country catches a cold” argument.
Let Detroit go under then rebuild without union labor.
LOL, you can “submit a myth”. Here is what I sent them:
GM has money for websites such as this, money for the Obama campaign and money for large salaries for management. Why should my tax dollars bail them out when they apparently have such money to throw around?