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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
You left out GM. Why do I think they are loosing billions a year. Simple answer is pensions. They do not necessarily make shitty products. Matter of fact the only trucks we will buy are fords. Back to pensions though, it is damn hard for the big three automakers to compete on a global scale when so much money goes into pension plans. Specially when the majority of companies worldwide bear no such costs.
Only in one way do I blame Bush for that. He never really asked Americans to make any sort of sacrifice and asked the people to conserve gas during a war time administration. Not sure if this has anything to do with his oil buddies though.
Alas that would not help. Our educational system sucks. It will also continue to suck and we will fall further and further behind in the world as a country just producing cash register jockeys as a general workforce.
This element though can and should be blamed on many factors both republican and democrat. (flame suit on) The public school system needs to be abolished and the teachers union needs to be thrown or phased out.
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Oil buddies? Not really. The most profitable are Exxon and Shell which are not related to any oil buddies of Bush's. The oil Bush and his buddies own are minimal compared to what we import from OPEC.
Chevy is GM. Yes I agree that unions in the US kill American business. That's why unions are illegal in Japan. Not only does the big 3 have to pay for retirees pensions but also those that are laid off. GM pays nearly $1.2 billion a year to employees that were laid off due to plant closure. These employees are paid 100% for life unless they quite or reasigned to another plant. What laid off employee would quit?
Same with US airlines. Pilots are overpaid. Yes their jobs are difficult but everything is pretty much done by computer. All they do is take off and land. Yet pilots make in the high 100,000s to mid 200,000s a year. And they work only like 20 hours a month.
Education system...blame the democratics. Bush wanted the voucher system which would give competition to public school and its teachers.