Attention General Motors Execs
I heard on NPR that one of the ways General Motors is trying to dodge the bankruptcy bullet is to ask its employees to give up some of their medical benefits in order to help. Let me rephrase that: The executives are asking the people whose backs they stand on EVERY SINGLE DAY to give up valuable, possibly life-saving medical benefits that they (the employees) have had probably THOUSANDS of dollars taken out of their paycheck for.
Yeah, that seems fair.
No report on whether or not the GM execs are giving any of their bloated salaries or perks, or benefits up, what d'ya think?
So, listen up GM boys and girls, here's a hot tip from Ms. Jane Q. Public herownself. You wanna get those profits up? Try giving the people what they want.
Low-emissions, HIGH HIGH HIGH gas mileage, classy, comfortable vehicles at an affordable price, with reasonably low interest financing. Give the oil companies the finger and tell them "Enough." Stop suppressing technology. Start researching alternative fuel sources, and then USE them.
Trust Me On This: The time has come GM. And the chickens is comin' home ta roost ya'll.
posted by Ms. T @ 7:46 PM
5 Comments:
you said it!!!
Here is an email that is currently making the rounds. I thought it was pretty funny:
At COMDEX recently, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again, because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. Oh yeah, and last but not least . . . you'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off!
With all these "Employee Discount" things that had been going on at all the dealerships this past summer... well, let's just say if they car companies were really hurting for money, don't you think the prices of vehicles would be going up instead of down?
At the risk of sounding snarky, I think I should point out that the people who can afford to purchase Hummers can also afford the high gas prices.
And the people are speaking out in a fashion. Give your local Toyota dealer a call and see just how long it takes to get a Prius.
Sure there are going to be some growing pains, and yes, we are going to have to (dare I say it?) sacrifce some things like speed (something we don't really need if we haul ourselves out of bed on time) and size (how many people who drive an SUV honestly need all that space?). There has to be a grass roots movement away from gas hogs and pushing toward such things a fuel efficiency and convenient public transportation. I hope I can consider myself one of the leaders. And just so's you know, I'm driving a 13 year old Mustang that gets around 30 MPG. It ain't pretty, but its paid for, and there is no large sucking noise coming from the tank.
LOL - sounds like me & my 1988 Buick LeSabre that I cruise around the Midwest in ;)
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