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Originally Posted by Blownhotrodder
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That article doesn't say why GM is losing their advantage and you are implying its because of bad management and the UAW, I disagree. Theres plenty of room for improvement at GM and there always will be, but Toyota doesn't have the hugh legacy cost that GM is burdened with in this country, ie, healthcare and retirement. If you want to see manufacturering (including GM) strenghtened in America, we are going to have to begin providing government funded healthcare to all American workers. We are one of the last industrialized nations not to provide universal healthcare and that puts a tremendous burden on businesses that provide it privately. In addition we are going to have to come up new ideas for a retirement supplement for social security. The 401K is DOA witnessed by the recent market slaughter. You cannot just say we should kill off the UAW and let the retirees' figure it out. The answer lies in what the governments of Canada, Europe, and Japan do for their workers. We need to figure out how to mimic what works in those countries and improve what doesn't.