And my husband was/is one of them. Was a salesman for Dodge for ten years. The dealership he worked for escaped the axe but no such luck with him or half the work force there. Pink slipped after ten years, large,solid customer base with many repeats. Why,he even managed to sell 7 trucks and 4 SUVs in the last 9 weeks, despite all that's going on. Pitched out like an old boot.
He was a lot more miffed (and p.o.) more than depressed. I just gave him a wee kiss and assured him that "Everything happens for the best". But still I kept thinking of that old saying: "When the elephants fight, it's the grass that gets trampled."
Thank you, Lord Obama.
I hope you don’t think that because I am AGAINST bailing out these carmakers and nationalizing them, that I am somehow FOR people losing their jobs.
That is not the case. But the point is, they are going to go bankrupt no matter what. No matter what. And spending money we don’t have to prop up the status quo is not going to help either.
The sooner they go bankrupt and can start from scratch without the boot of the unions on their necks, the sooner we will have a viable auto industry.
Would it be better if they didn’t go bankrupt? Absolutely. But with salary structures like those, can any rational person think they won’t? The auto industry is a smaller scale model of Social Security. And we know how that is going to end.
I’ll keep your family in my prayers, as I will keep our Country. We are going to need them.