XPost: wpg.general, can.general, ont.jobs   
   From: dave-no_spam@nospam.net   
      
   "KarlK"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9B0A8E7062257852145093@85.214.90.236...   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> x-no-archive On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:39:53 GMT, Ray   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>myhome@mts.net wrote:   
   >>>> When are we as Canadians going to wiseup and boycott General   
   >>>> Motors? They're closing assembly plants down east, and opening   
   >>>> up new plants in India, they have one there now.   
   >>>> They put our fellow Canadians out of work, put them on EI most   
   >>>> likely, then stick promotions on TV to entice us to buy more of   
   >>>> their vehicles.   
   >>>   
   >>>Do you have a clue?   
   >>>   
   >>>No, not likely.   
   >>>   
   >>>So, STFU or get a clue.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I have a clue, I don't like what GM is doing even if it's to save   
   >> money on the backs of unemployed Canadians.   
   >>   
   >> So if you, your brother or father worked for GM and had the plant   
   >> you/they had worked at for 20 years closed because GM was building   
   >> two plants in India, your comments would be completely different.   
   >   
   > Do you have kinfolk that worked there?   
   >   
   > Personally, if they couldn't save and plan over those 20 years to   
   > heck with them.  They were probably overpaid for what they did in the   
   > first place.  If GM didn't have to pay some 'unskilled' worker $40   
   > per hour to bolt on bumbers or tires, they would still be doing a   
   > brisk business in Canada.  Buzz and his herd priced all of the   
   > workers out of the contest.   
      
   And never to return.  If you look at how much share holder value was lost   
   with just GM alone, no one in their right mind would invest in the north   
   American auto businesses.   
      
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