Posted on 08/15/2011 2:19:28 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Have to understand the market? WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
People buy SUVs and trucks to haul things. Groceries. Kids. Lumber. Tools. Those needs don't go away just because you decide at your central planning board that smaller, more fuel efficient cars are better.
Other than that, Obama, you are a moron.
Next thing you know, democrats at the local level will tell McDonald’s they can’t just make their money on burgers and fries...oh wait...
That seems to be Obama’s problem in a nutshell. He thinks companies can force a product onto a consumer. Hence he still thinks the Volt should be a success, the problem is the GM isn’t twisting customer’s arms hard enough to force them to buy it.
Hey Zippy this is NOT Kenya,and you will soon be gone!
He’s guiding them... he’s giving the auto companies market advice on future consumer preferences. What a doof.
His desired end state is to be able to tell Americans what kind of car they must drive. Just one more reason the healthcare mandate MUST be declared unconstitutional.
The GALL of this man!!
Yup, he is so ignorant on the free market that it’s downright scary.
Hello Obama. The reason why they keep making trucks and SUV’s is because of demand! If there wasn’t any demand than they wouldn’t be making them, Duh.
Maybe he can invent a small vehicle promotion department to go along with his new job department.
Even scarier; he might not even be on drugs!
Come on 2012 and free us of this commie pestilence.
Actually Obama can and does control commerce.
His 34 MPG CAFE standards requirement and his control of Government Motors does mean that automakers can not make a profit with trucks and SUV’s.
Obama has declared it so.
Bam, I don’t even know where to begin. Such an utter and complete wanna-be marxist dictator.
I don’t have a source for this...but I swear I heard not long ago that sales of SUVs and trucks was actually up....I think in comparison to other vehicles.... maybe I was dreaming it....
President Obama: “There is a place for SUVs and trucks, but as gas prices keep on going up, you have got to understand the market. People are going to try to save money.”
Telling automakers they have got to understand the market? That’s hilarious. Not only does Mr. President know everything about energy and health care, now he’s an auto industry expert (not bad for a community organizer). Maybe he should set SUV quotas for the industry. Like the automakers never considered making smaller, energy efficient cars, eh? Laughable!!!
It’s a mystery to me how anyone could still think this joker is doing a good job. Even race only goes so far.
>>The man is a marxist or an idiot.
He is both.
His Marxism is obvious in everything he does. His idiocy is that he believes that he can say something and it will happen. Then, he is surprised and angry when it doesn’t, so he lashes out and calls us all stupid for not obeying him. Then, when we don’t accept his scolding and get on board with his ideas, he gives up and tries another decree.
So all manufacturers (not just the automotive industry) should ditch their profitable lines to make politically correct products that nobody buys. What a (censored) genius! Another “Win The Future” idea!
Idiot and Marxist are redundant.
“They are gaining market share for the first time in years, but what we said was, ‘If we are going to help you, then you have also got to change your ways,’ ” - Obama
What Obama is saying is: we (the Obama administration) 'gave' you (taxpayer) money to 'save' your company, now we (the Obama administration) will make you dance to our tune. You'll manufacture the kinds of vehicles WE tell you to.
Classic fascist approach. Allow 'private' industry but control it, totally. See Nazi Germany.
What Obama said: ‘You can’t just make money on SUVs and trucks’
What the American People heard: “Bureaucrats in Washington are going to be deciding what you drive”.
And the longest week in history for Barry just refuses to end.
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