[SilverTurtle]

and this surprises people? did anyone think that a company could come from almost nothing to number one, or close to number one, in less than 70 years without abusing some rights? ask WAL MART how they got so big and you'll find the same kind of abuses in their closet.

it takes alot of time to make yourself big legitimately... GM has been in business for 100 years... they're the 5th largest corporation on the planet... you dont do what Toyota has done in 60 years without some kind of abuses.

people always ask me why I dont buy anything but American, American made or English cars, and the reason I give them is this:
"we, as Americans, have a job to do that nobody wants to take seriously: supporting our own position in the world... we're the leaders of the free world... America is where the world comes to get educated and strive for a dream of betterment... but we, as a whole, buy cars built by companies that are built by former Axis powers, import products from countries that treat their citizens and employees like slaves, and then get mad when the rest of the world thinks we're hypocritical and ignorant... we are ignorant, and its time for it to stop... if the car wasn't built on American soil, we need to not buy it... even better if its built by a corporation that is based inside of the continental US... Honda and Mazda are exceptions to my rule, since they are companies that were not in existence during WWII or are currently co-owned by an American company... realizing that we have to be more attentive to where our money goes is going to be the start of us freeing ourselves of the shackles of global dependence... and who knows, we might actually learn to like the items we buy in the process... might find out that GM, Ford and Chrysler still make good cars... and might make life a little bit easier for a plant worker building cars, trucks or auto parts for one of these companies, too."