tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442150028442856315.post1764502107278884730..comments2008-11-19T12:06:48.117-05:00Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243567377599238583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442150028442856315.post-12720108907176505752008-11-19T12:06:00.000-05:002008-11-19T12:06:00.000-05:00Anyone know Toyota's public opinion of Detroitsky*? <BR/><BR/>I would think they recognize the bailout as just a temporary stay of execution and continue what they're doing: developing a better battery.<BR/><BR/>*stole this term from RealClearPolitic's Tracinski<BR/><BR/>If this bailout passes, we're looking at a lifetime of handouts to the UAW. But as counter-productive as that is, the most damaging union to our country will always be the AFGE at 600,000 bureaucrats strong.millionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714657616183521562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442150028442856315.post-28603055772699510792008-11-18T19:25:00.000-05:002008-11-18T19:25:00.000-05:00I would argue that the real reason they can't compete is because the Big-3 management is grossly incompetent. Highly bloated, unimaginative, and currently they are making exactly the wrong vehicles for the current market.<BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that they would like to break the unions if they could, but I think they are using the unions as a scapegoat for their own bungling.<BR/><BR/>But in terms of a bailout, I am in agreement in that I think GM and Ford would merely squander it and then come back for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com