By PUMA Pundit on May 26, 2009
Q. How dumb is Joe Biden? A. I suspect this will become a recurring question in this column, as it gets asked nearly every time he does or says something stupid. For the record I always respond by answering “Very”. Last week he nearly caused a swine flu panic, this time he: a.) Gave away [...]
Posted in Op-Ed | Tagged al gore, barack obama, bush administration, Carrie Prejean, cia, clarence thomas, congress, dick cheney, general motors, george w. bush, gitmo, gm, joe biden, Nancy Pelosi, rush limbaugh, uaw, united auto workers, waterbording
By PUMA Pundit on May 20, 2009
For the upteenth time. The only way to make GM profitable is to remove the stranglehold the Unions have on the cost of production. A cost that adds an average $2,000 to every vehicle produced, and thus renders them more expensive than their non-union made counterparts. Well, Obama in his infinite wisdom has decided to [...]
Posted in Featured | Tagged barack obama, general motors, gm, uaw, united auto workers |
By PUMA Pundit on April 1, 2009
We all know that the reason US Automakers can’t compete is because Detroit’s cost of producing an automobile is about $2,000 more than the cost of producing one with a foreign name brand. We also know that this cost is as a direct result of the concessions the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union has forced [...]
Posted in Featured | Tagged 1935 wagner act, 1975 fuel economy law, chrysler, ford, fritz henderson, gm, rick wagoner, ron gettelfinger, two fleets rule, uaw, united auto workers |
By PUMA Pundit on December 14, 2008
Thankfully, it seems Dubya has finally figured out that bailing out the Auto industry is like taking a large sum of money and throwing it in a bottomless pit. The essesnce of the free enterprise system is that profitable companies survive and excel, less profitable ones fail and go out of business. Detroit has chosen [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged auto industry, bailout, chrysler, ford, George Bush, gm, uaw
By PUMA Pundit on December 13, 2008
Any wonder why Detroit is so far behind when it comes to profit? I’ll tell you this much, those 2,215 pages don’t include much regarding efficiency and competitiveness. What you’ll find are hundreds of rules, regulations, and letters of understanding that have hamstrung the auto companies for years. Laborpains.org Posted by PUMA Pundit
Posted in Economy | Tagged chrysler, ford, gm, uaw |