June 1st 2009 was a day that I would never forget throughout my life. this was the day when the industrial power house General Motors declared Chapter-11, I knew this was going to come but it still hit me like a rock. my whole belief that a company this size and so intermingled in it's day to day operation over 5 continents would ever go that route.
People tell me that this was bound to happen, the retiree pension and health care costs were slowly drilling holes in their profits, making it a Swiss cheese foundation and we all know that such a configuration won't help to support load in terms of ever-growing costs.
Some say that the government is to be blamed for it, due to the lack of socialized health care in this country. To which I say that it is not the government that is at fault but the retirees and the board members. you can't expect a private organization to be responsible for your costs, that's what the government is for.
With the government supporting them with billions of $$ this might actually work, after all the government doesn't have to make money. They can afford selling cars for next to zero profit, after all they need is a country like Japan, China or India willing to buy their debt with treasury bonds right??
The New GM = Government Motors!
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