Big Al I do agree with every thing that you are saying. The UAW did get greedy. I am not anti union per se but they have to take blame as well. The car industry is starting to look like the steel industry when it went in the crapper in the 80's because of high union labor and cheap imports. I do believe that our elected officials have to step up to the plate too. Of course China could come in here with a $10k car. They had to spend $0 on R&D because they pirate all our technology and do not honor any trademark or patent law. They pay their labor 25 cents a day and don't have osha standards or any type of labor laws to deal with like we do here. Our government has to set some sort of import regulations to make it a somewhat level playing field. I do feel it is unfair to single out the Bush administration. There is plenty of blame and politicians taking money from lobbyist and PAC groups on both sides of congress. If my memory serves correctly it was Al Gore and they Clinton admin that was investigated for taking campaign money from the Chinese gov't and Hilary Clinton used to be on the board of directors for WalMArt and we all know they pay great and never hire illegals
. All our elected officials need to be held accountable and represent our best interest.
Off my soap box now
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