Thanks for your responses folks.
I don’t plan on frequenting any GM showrooms either. What took place with GM was wrong on a number of levels.
My only question would be, how do we best fix that?
Is driving GM out of business really the best outcome for the nation? It seems to me that some sore of activity to move the entity back to the model of American values we support, would be better.
Failing that, I pretty much think of it the same way you folks do.
I have been anti-union since my youth. All you have to do is look at what unions have been involved in, to know that they are essentially anti-American and consummately evil.
Bond holders with GM deserve to receive compensation for their monetary support for GM. Partial union ownership is also a no-go for me.
“Is driving GM out of business really the best outcome for the nation? It seems to me that some sore of activity to move the entity back to the model of American values we support, would be better.”
Thanks, but no. The only practical way to wipe out the UAW, at this point, is to simply let the unions have their victory, and bring down GM (and the others). At that point, the pieces can be picked up by non-union operations in this country and overseas, while, hopefully, new domestic (non-union) manufacturers take hold. That’s exactly what happened in retail, and it’s much, much, more efficient now.
If GM dies, other companies will rise to replace it. I see no reason to reward their decisions with further business, not when there are superior options.