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“Gubermint Motors killed the deal. How do you like them Chicago apples, Saab?”

That is because GM is worried the Chinese would get their IP, thinking GM’s IP is worth much.

That is old, old thinking on GM’s part, because

1. The Chinese can and will steal it anyway, and

2. IP ain’t what it used to to. Technology changes so fast, that you win by designing, building and SUCCESSFULLY marketing it, quick enough to get the $$ out of that timeglimpse while it is hot.

Take too long, and technology is worthless.

I suspect Saab’s technology is obsolete right now. People, know how, plant equipment can be adapted to other brands.

GM is not the world leading, effectively managed company it once was, much like many other US firms.

It should not surprise anybody, and it won’t be remedied by a few political slogans.

Companies, governments, institutions, and individuals in the US have rested on their laurels. Like “we are big, strong, successful because we are big, strong, successful forever”

Until we get stupid, prop up corrupt, ineffective, obsolete products, people, institutions, companies, etc.

Prop them up with like “Too Big to Fail” for autos and banking, for instance.

Institutions, like AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) went down with Arthur Andersen’s complicity in the Enron scam.

Recently the NAR (National Association of Realtors) messed up four years of statistics, for reasons unknown unexplained. Probably because computer programmers have taken prescedence over old fashioned analysts.

The military allows a PFC to handle top secret information, who them turns it over to Wikileaks.

Medical cost is driven by the huge opportunity provided, since so many got insurance at work, and started abusing the system. My wife arranged a female surgery for cash total of $10,000 which would have been $30,000 to $40,000 if billed to insurance.

Government is the problem, not the solution.

Let GM and banks fail, to sort out the inefficient and stupid players, instead of forcing taxpayers to subsidize the stupidity.

Too Big to Fail rewards mediocrity, which is the level at which a lot in the US is operating.

ANYBODY is better than Obama, and I will vote for the GOP nominee. Period.
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