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Quote from Elephantman
Lord have mercy, you are one stupid fool. Detroit hasn't lost money because it built platforms like the Yukon/Tahoe, or the Explorer, or the F-150. Detroit isn't bankrupt becuase it builds Corvettes, or Mustangs, or because Chrysler builds the 300. (Barack Obama had a nice 300, I see on ebay. That was before he, wisely, got himself a dandy Ford Hybrid Escape.) Those platforms all make money. I think I should repeat that for rdmcbee, don't you? THOSE PRODUCTS ARE ALL PROFITABLE, YOU DUMASS!
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They were profitable...
What is this mythical scenario you are talking about? Please a link to anything supporting it Elephantman. They were profitable now they aren't. So they need help. They had a profitable European division for some and an unprofitable United States. The European market is fairly small for U.S. big 3 so to claim that the U.S. is one big loss leader speaks volumes about ignorance and the more about the ability to regurgitate talking points.
It means that their business model doesn't work. Part of that is healthcare for retirees and part of that is people stopped buying their cars. You claim its all part of their grand strategy to showcase at a loss in the U.S. and rake in the profits in Europe? Do you even think before you type?
Here is why Korean and Japanese auto makers are profitable. They kicked foreign car makers out of their countries and have national healthcare. Their markets belong to their domestic manufacturers period.
Is any Republican nut-tard going to dispute that? That is the model we should follow as well as mandating fuel standards which for any thinking person the would realize are for imports as well as domestic cars!!!
