WTF? So you're using an updated article from 2010, two years ago? Scared to find anything more recent? Nevahmind...Didja know the 30k jobs you cited were also from Ford? Who didn't get a bailout???
I was interested in how many workers lost their jobs due to the reorganization of GM. That took place in 2009. So what’s wrong with using a 2010 article? If I had wanted to spend more time on it, I would have looked for a source from 2009.
And no, I didn’t confuse the numbers with the Ford numbers! You are so on the wrong track!
From your article:
the spring of 2010 the entire automotive industry was on the rebound, and G.M. said it expected to return to profitability for the year. By the summer, G.M, which had already repaid a $6.7 billion loan, was talking about going public in the fourth quarter, a move that would give the government a way to slowly sell its majority stake in the company's stock. The first models of the all-electric Volt also began rolling off the production line.
But you didn't need to include that in your wholesale dismissal of the entire American auto companies, didja?
Just why do you hate American auto workers so much? Are you Japanese or something?
That point, although valid, had nothing to do with why I posted this information on GM in this particular thread and wasn’t relevant to the point I’m making. I want you to think about what you think my point is and why I posted it in this thread.
And of course more demagoguery from you!
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McClatchey:Now I see why you had to go back four years for bad news. It was Dubya time!
OK I can see you still don’t know why I posted this in this thread! You many need more than a few moments to figure that out!
uh.. what?
from your link
Tougher competition was only one of G.M.'s problems. In 2005, it stunned the auto world by losing $10.4 billion. It embarked on a reorganization plan that included plant closings and the elimination of 30,000 jobs. G.M. maintained that its turnaround program was showing results, but in the second quarter of 2008, it reported a loss of $15.5 billion (which followed a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss) and announced additional job cuts.
that loss was in 2005.. so why do you have a photo of Obama as King George instead of GWB?
4 in the "I guess this pile of inaccuracy you'll count in your "win" column?"
You, ekg are correct! I did get the wrong numbers, and you accurately saw where I got them. So you get a cookie. Howey doesn’t since he thought I got the numbers from the Ford section when I did get them from the GM section, but you are correct that I copied the wrong numbers. The correct numbers (from that same section) are 21,000 jobs.
Now, I could wait and wait to see if you guys could figure out on your own why I posted this GM info in this particular thread, but I think that since I’ve emphasized that throughout this post you probably have all the pieces you need to put the puzzle together.
OK well Howey was going in the wrong direction but I’ve given enough clues now. Any guesses?
