Jeery Flint su Forbes chiarisce alle grandi case automobilistiche i motivi per cui non si dovrebbero aspettare aiuti dal resto degli Stati Uniti - e perche' sia meglio cosi' : a nessuno frega nulla di alcune grandi imprese che in combutta con alcuni grandi sindacati, si sono goduti 40 anni di profitti e salari ben al di sopra della media, grazie ad una posizione primameritata, ma poi sostanzialmente di rendita.
Credo che sia un discorso che l'intera Europa continentale ad ovest di Berlino dovrebbe ascoltare - noi siamo per la magigor parte un enorme Michigan.
"Detroit executives wonder why Washington has not done anything for 40 years about unfair exchange rates that make Asian products exceptionally low priced here. Simply put, relations with Japan, China and Korea are more important that some shut factories in the rust belt. Rick Wagoner, the boss of General Motors, in particular, complains about health care costs. He seems to want a national health care system to bail out his company. Frankly, it is difficult to see America accepting what we used to call 'socialized medicine' just so GM and its workers can continue to have a better medical plan than the rest of us.
Maybe it is time for the companies to stop their dividends. Maybe it is time for the union to tell its members how bad things are. And maybe it is time for the Governor of Michigan to understand why people don't want to build in her state.
Face up to it Detroit: America doesn't care. You have to save yourselves"
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