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Originally Posted by StoutFiles
Oh boo hoo! Wagoner, a multi-millionaire, was fired!
Of course he was a scapegoat. But on that same defense, Wagoner makes decisions about people that make decisions about people that...you get the point. The decisions he makes affect everything. It's not his fault he was passed a company that people have little trust in, but he did very little to try and fix it.
Have you seen GM's commercials? Their truck commercials are Howie Long making fun of other people. "Let's make fun of the 'Man Step' because we can't use it!" "Let's make fun of other trucks for not having a V8!" And don't even get me started on trying to compare a Pontiac to a BMW...and having the nerve to say it's better because it's a little faster and gets 1 mpg better. People who buy BMW's would never consider a Pontiac.
Something has to change at GM. Wagoner is just the tip of the mountain, but the impending avalanche will change everything; hopefully for the better. GM may make good cars now, but they don't know how to market them and they definitely don't know how to shake the conception of them being unreliable for their lazy and uninspired workmanship in the past.
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First, good to have you back, Stout, you bad boy! But gee, faster, and better gas mileage....sounds like two major selling points to me, not you? And take a look at BMW's repair stats.
But that's irrelevant to this discussion. Sure the CEO, head of the company or corporation, is always ultimately the source of blame, as is the baseball manager, football coach, etc., which may or may not be true. What's important and troubling here is that this is government mandated. It only serves to reinforce the fact that those of us believing in the Founding Fathers' form of government have a very tough road ahead of us.