Not a happy Xmas in GM households this year. (Reply #2)

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 11:19 PM

roamer65 (24,647 posts)

2. Not a happy Xmas in GM households this year.

Within 7 years, most of the sedans on the road even in MI are going to be Subarus, Toyotas or Hondas.

This is the result of his steel and aluminum tariffs making sedans unprofitable.

I love my Chevy Cruze, but alas it looks like a Subaru Impreza will probably be my next car.

The trickle down effect to suppliers will be nasty. A lot of pink slips are being written up this week.

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bastard made grown men cry in Michigan [View all]	tavernier	Nov 2018	OP
When the rumour came out last night in canada that the Oshawa GM plant	applegrove	Nov 2018	#1
Not a happy Xmas in GM households this year.	roamer65	Nov 2018	#2
But our media doesn't report on the effect of the tariffs enough. It needs to be repeated & repeated	iluvtennis	Nov 2018	#13
I fully agree with this	Mystery sage	Nov 2018	#27
GM said the tariffs are not directly responsible.	former9thward	Nov 2018	#34
Wanting SUVs and trucks won't be the buzz for long with gas prices going up. When gas was in the	iluvtennis	Nov 2018	#35
If GM had announced this last month it might've thrown a few more races our way.	JudyM	Nov 2018	#3
It would have been a total blood bath.	Wellstone ruled	Nov 2018	#5
Probably close to 100k jobs lost when u figure in all the suppliers and cottage businesses.	roamer65	Nov 2018	#8
Excellent points. nt	littlemissmartypants	Nov 2018	#10
These are upper middle income jobs for the most part.	Wellstone ruled	Nov 2018	#12
pretty sure they planned it this way.	bdtrppr6	Nov 2018	#32
Elections have consequences, like job killing tariffs. Don't vote for Republicans Michigan.	TeamPooka	Nov 2018	#4
We took a good first shot at them this year.	roamer65	Nov 2018	#6
Go baby Go	TeamPooka	Nov 2018	#7
Congrats, Lordstown.	OilemFirchen	Nov 2018	#9
Yeah, everything Trump said was bullshit. But I can understand how they would believe him, kind of.	rusty quoin	Nov 2018	#11
But in the end with farmers plowing their crops back under, all those people losing their jobs ....	Botany	Nov 2018	#14
May I have your permission	ellie	Nov 2018	#22
Sure take it .... btw it needs a little help with its punctuation	Botany	Nov 2018	#23
Thank you!	ellie	Nov 2018	#24
He promised them tariffs and he delivered	mathematic	Nov 2018	#15
I wonder.	Cha	Nov 2018	#16
Even though they have been living off of those bad trade deals for decades.	allgood33	Nov 2018	#21
Most who voted for Trump in 2016 will vote for him again if he's on the ballot in 2020.	Garrett78	Nov 2018	#17
I can't believe that.	tavernier	Nov 2018	#18
He got 62 million votes in 2016. How many do you think he'll get in 2020?	Garrett78	Nov 2018	#19
Fuck 'em. They knew what they were getting into.	java108	Nov 2018	#20
If this was the first time maybe I could sympathize, but they did the same thing voting for Reagan,	still_one	Nov 2018	#26
Maybe they should've exercised critical thinking and reasoned that he was full of shit.	NightWatcher	Nov 2018	#25
racism trumped self interest.	zonkers	Nov 2018	#28
llegitimi non carborundum-Latin	saidsimplesimon	Nov 2018	#29
It is sad and disappointing folks can be so gullible sometimes	RT Atlanta	Nov 2018	#30
The question is, will all of those who fell for Trump's promises in 2016	elocs	Nov 2018	#31
I remember	Srkdqltr	Nov 2018	#33
But they knew he was a liar, right? They were told over and over and over, right?	Iggo	Nov 2018	#36
There were many who didn't vote for him.	tavernier	Nov 2018	#37
OTOH if they stayed at home and didn't vote	workinclasszero	Nov 2018	#39
Whats that story about picking up a poisonous snake?	workinclasszero	Nov 2018	#38
I get no pleasure, but I have no sympathy.	Coventina	Nov 2018	#40

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