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Detroit, 2:46 PM
Tue Nov 24
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Sales are going down, and so are the salespeople! We're the rebate masters, in fact you can call us Masterrebate! Come on down, we're wheelin' & dealin' and jerkin' your merkin.
Got a trade-in? We'll bank it. Got a monkey? We'll spank it.
Our deals can't be beat, but your meat can!
See? It's got win written all over it.
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No. Thanks.
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The only thing that would make it better is if you got something for referring a friend too. You know, like how AT&T gives you $125.00 for referrals. Figure out how to work that in please.
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Politicians don't look for actual production vehicles, they're similar to raccoons in that you can catch them with something shiny and flashy, even though that shiny flashy thing is in a hole and you'll never be able to get both your hand and the shiny thing out.
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March 2009 Sales brought to you by Dyson
"More losses. No loss of suction."
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What can be done to fix the problem? Well the first thing I would do would be to add all current and retired GM employees to Medicare as a first step towards creating a single-payer healthcare system for this country that is long overdue. Secondly I'd loan GM enough to help cover their operating expenses for the next two years and lastly I'd impose tariffs on cars imported from overseas of 5-10% for the same two-year period as a way of leveling the playing field until the Cruze and Volt are out. Oh and as a cost of this I'd require that the company executives loose all bonuses, stock options and other non-salary compensation until the loan in repaid in full.
I am sure that some will say this is a give-away to a business that doesn't deserve it but the costs of a GM failure would be too great, with at least 2 1/2 million people out of work at GM and it's suppliers plus effects that could ripple into other businesses across the country as other businesses that depend on the second and third-tier suppliers go under too. Not to mention that the pension liability wouldn't disappear, the government would be required to pick it up at a cost far above the $25 million the industry is looking for now (which would be a loan, not a giveaway, just like the successful Chrysler loan of the 1970s).
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US companies have been opposed to socialized health care since day one, but their employees need healthcare and someone has to pay for it. The chickens are coming home to roost.
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Actually GM builds some very good cars and has some even nicer ones in the pipeline. I love my Solstice GXP 100 times more than the '06 Mazda Miata I sold to buy it and I am a long-time Miata fan. The car handles like it's on rails, has looks that get attention even after 3 years, is fast and gets as much as 34 mpg. Cars like that are the future of GM and if they are given a chance I think they will surprise everyone.
BTW I am not an employee of GM or have any connection to them at all. Indeed the Solstice was my first GM car in 23 years during which I bought only Japanese cars (Mitsubishi and Mazda) so for me to be so impressed says something.
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The cars are definitely better, but GM's been losing money since 04, and it may just be a case of too little too late. They really didn't have a competitive family car until the much loved Malibu/Aura came out.
How much market share would they have had to capture in a short time in order to avoid this problem?
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@Deartháir: Let only the taxpayers that want to help GM pay an extra tax for that. Oh! that sounds as if who really cares should buy a GM..
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In celebration the New Chevorlet Volt, we will be giving employees something that I know they've been wanting for years- Expanded Holiday Days-Off! This latest costing cutting, hmmph, excuse me, employee incentive program will allow employees even more time to spend with their families and doing normal, employee, um, things. and celebrating a world of new holidays you never knew existed!
Sincerly,
Rick "Rick-Roll" Wagoner
P.S GM's new Expanded Holidays are applicable only on holidays recognized by two or more people.
Memo to All GM Employees: Due to GM's new expanded Holiday program, tommrow (Nov 13) we will be closed for National Indian Pudding day. We will be closed for Operation Room Nurse Day (Nov 14) and National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day (Nov 15) to end out the week.
And don't remember GM employees, November 17 is Take a Hike day, so don't come to work, go take a hike!
See next weeks' memo on holidays and office closings.