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    DETROIT (AP) -- Auto sales, once a bright spot in the economic recovery, grew fainter last month.

    The pain was widespread. Big car companies General Motors, Ford and Toyota all saw sales slip. Smaller automakers like Subaru suffered too, as did companies that appeal to the budget minded, such as Kia and Hyundai.

    Buyers are nervous about the economy's health and stayed away from showrooms, a worrisome sign since August is typically a strong month. Total industry sales could fall below 1 million new vehicles once automakers finish reporting sales on Wednesday, making it the worst August in 27 years

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    I think it's going to be a tough winter.
    Doing it all wrong since 1966

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      Originally posted by Buickguy
      I think it's going to be a tough winter.
      x2

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        wherever that article came from is a real one.

        "not many of those kicking around anymore"

        ???


        Previously boxer3main
        the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.

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            That pretty much sums it up. The purpose of unions have long passed. They're nothing but bloated leeches weighing down U.S. industry, education and everything else they have their tentacles in.
            Nitrous, baby!!...

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              i have some family that works for GM (for now at least) and my grnadpa was a plant manager. they all agree the unions need to go

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                While they definitely need to shoulder their share of the blame.....
                I have to laugh when I hear the standard "the unions ruined the big three"
                Not that poor management decisions had anything to do with it.......

                Want to talk about bloated leaches?
                Look at the CEO v.s. worker wage gap. And its not just the CEO's, its all of the top management.
                This article is old (2007) but I doubt much has changed.
                Pay comparisons almost always leave someone feeling dwarfed, and none more so than the CEO-to-worker pay gap. But even CEOs have reason to feel seriously dwarfed these days, thanks to the outsized paychecks of private equity and hedge fund managers.


                If top management is worth so much money, why are their businesses failing.
                And how is getting rewarded with millions if terminated an incentive to give a damn if your business lives or fails? I thought the whole point of the fear of being fired was because you failed and received nothing.

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                  government ruined the big 3

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                    Originally posted by SpiderGearsMan
                    government ruined the big 3
                    Seems lately that everything the gov't touches gets ruined ....
                    Whiskey for my men ... and beer for their horses!

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                      Originally posted by Bamfster
                      Originally posted by SpiderGearsMan
                      government ruined the big 3
                      Seems lately that everything the gov't touches gets ruined ....
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                        nothing moved off our lot in august

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                          Originally posted by dieselgeek
                          Originally posted by Bamfster
                          Originally posted by SpiderGearsMan
                          government ruined the big 3
                          Seems lately that everything the gov't touches gets ruined ....
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                          ok , just the epa

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