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tammywammy

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8. GM runs full time out there.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 02:35 PM

Jul 2015

They built a new stamping facility. I'm glad to see an expansion of good jobs out there.

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General Motors to announce big expansion of Texas SUV plant [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2015 OP

Great news! chapdrum Jul 2015 #1

+1 bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #2

The frist time I saw one, I thought, who would want to drive a box on wheels? CrispyQ Jul 2015 #6

I always thought they look like giant cockroaches. Chipper Chat Jul 2015 #16

When my daughter started kindergarten in 1998, I LibDemAlways Jul 2015 #9

I read an article several years ago in some mag in a doctor's office. CrispyQ Jul 2015 #19

There's a one word answer for those LibDemAlways Jul 2015 #22

Well, my folks never had a hard time telling me that! CrispyQ Jul 2015 #23

If GM doesn't build an SUV somebody else would Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #3

No chapdrum Jul 2015 #10

I don't think anthropogenic climate change really cares which country they're made in... LanternWaste Jul 2015 #18

My thoughts, too... IthinkThereforeIAM Jul 2015 #4

SUVs are subsidizing you. former9thward Jul 2015 #17

Not quite Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #24

Good points... IthinkThereforeIAM Jul 2015 #27

The IRS doesn't care if you have a sales tax liscense or not. Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #28

I am using the plates as proof... IthinkThereforeIAM Jul 2015 #29

Yeah, mini vans are "military inspired" Adrahil Jul 2015 #7

To be specific chapdrum Jul 2015 #13

Simply put, I cant fit 8 people in a car. Adrahil Jul 2015 #14

They don't make these 8MPG Cars anymore One_Life_To_Give Jul 2015 #15

I want one of those. Throd Jul 2015 #21

How do you feel about Corvettes and Porsches? Throd Jul 2015 #20

The same chapdrum Jul 2015 #34

Global warming, global schwarming Tobin S. Jul 2015 #5

GM runs full time out there. tammywammy Jul 2015 #8

Not your mother's SUV. yallerdawg Jul 2015 #11

yes, i think a lot of people don't understand that SUVs have gotten a lot better Amishman Jul 2015 #32

People don't recognize... yallerdawg Jul 2015 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jul 2015 #12

gawd Skittles Jul 2015 #25

Maybe they can make more cars with parts they know might kill me! Mugweed Jul 2015 #26

DU in mid-2015: a dozen posts shitting on GM expanding US production Recursion Jul 2015 #30

Not quite ... Nihil Jul 2015 #31

Right you are chapdrum Jul 2015 #35

Here's the MPG of the their current SUV line PersonNumber503602 Jul 2015 #36

This plant builds the full sized SUVs - Tahoe, Escalade, Suburban tammywammy Jul 2015 #38

So if you think this is not good news KinMd Jul 2015 #37