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WOW....I go TDY for a couple days and the board explodes with comments! It's impossible to not feel the "passion" everyone has about this topic. If I remember correctly, GM announced that the WENTZVILLE facility was on the "hit list". As a resident here in the St. Louis Metro area I am positive it will impact the already rough economy here. St. Louis has also recently been impacted by the Chrysler plant shutdown.
Maybe it's time for the UAW leadership to wake up and see how their policies negatively impact their industry?? I've scraped and clawed my way over the past 15 years to where I am without unions, I've dealt with poor management, I've negotiated my wages and benefits, and I am DAMN HAPPY that I did it myself....and yes I've learned many lessons the hard way but feel that I'm a better MAN and employee because of those experiences.
The general population also needs to stop whining, stop expecting entitlements/handouts/bailouts, and go back to the policy that made the United States what it is today....boot-strap yourself!
A little fiscal responsibility by each of us would go a LONG way to help in resolving this current crisis. I will be buying my Camaro with cash....but that is only because I have scraped, saved, and penny-pinched to be able to do so.
I wish my fellow Americans and our Corporate employers the best as we ALL struggle through this together.
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