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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:08 PM Original message |
Newspaper: DaimlerChrysler plans to cut 10,000 jobs, close plants |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. German engineering - why not German job protections? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. workers MUCH more protected in Germany. |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a nightmare...n/t |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would love to know: how many auto-industry jobs were lost during |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. An article in MiTechNews puts Michigan's current job decline at 362,700 jobs... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. And they won't admit that unemployed auto makers don't buy much of anything |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Great point. The chicken and the egg scenario. ... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Say what you will about Henry Ford Sr., |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was only a matter of time before they jumped on the bandwagon |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. 10k is just the Chrysler cut, there will be countless more small shop supplier |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. so true, I hadn't thought of suppliers. |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Not too damn many |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Lou Dobbs is absolutely right... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I don't watch Lou. What is his solution to those problems? |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm assuming balanced trade and common sense. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Just want MI needs. Ugh. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. The rest of the country doesn't give a crap about Michigan |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. LOL |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, guess that means my bro loses his job too. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Project Axe. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. wow, look at that economy rock along...whoo boy-howdy...blazing like a wildfire |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Smells like capitalism |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. How many on this thread drive cars made in USA? |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. had they made a car I wanted |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Saturn used to make station wagons |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Saturn sold the smallish SW2 and larger LW200/300 that year. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Give me a break.... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No break for you |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You sound just like my boss at work |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'm talking about assembly, which is the foundation of autoworker employment |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Rearranging chairs on the Titanic didn't work either |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. show me a big three american made car that gets 40 MPG and I will buy it. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I didn't say Big Three, I said Assembled in America |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The Saturn Ion is being discontinued and an import is taking it's place |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Buy one of the many other US-assembled cars that fit your needs |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Did Saturn fix their problem with burning oil? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. My 15-y/o Chrysler has 160,000 and runs like a champ |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I drive a Jeep, and a Ford Escort n/t |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I Drive A Chrysler... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Lol, that's what I drive, too |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Old LHS Here. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
47. 222,312 miles on my Lansing-assembled 1997 Cavalier here! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. I drive a Toyota Camry. Made in KY. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh, pooh! You mean their Super Bowl ads didn't work? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. What a business plan car mfg companies have in America |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Toyota Reports Record Profits |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. They Should Fire Their Entire Marketing Department |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. of course completely unrelated to their plan to buy and label Chinese cars |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
46. This is really great news. |
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