[jedrider]

As a rental car, I was very pleased with a 2016 Ford Fusion hybrid. However, I'm always either behind or ahead of current trends. For comfort, I would have choose a Fusion over the Japanese brands. However, I'm a stickler for utter reliability, so I would have gone with a Japanese car if I were buying.

For Ford, Fusion was right car at wrong time
http://www.autonews.com/article/20180701/RETAIL01/180709981/ford-fusion-sedan-sales

[Plantagenet]

Its a bit harder to criticize Ford for cancelling the Fiesta, since they never took a penny of bailout money. However, GM took over 12 billion dollars of taxpayer funded bailouts from the Obama administration.

Trump is demanding that GM restart production of the Volt and other sedans, or repay all the bailout money to the US treasury. That seems reasonable to me.

I'm surprised that Obama and the Ds aren't joining Trump in lambasting GM for ending production of the Volt, but I guess that the Ds all hate Trump so much that if Trump speaks out against GM cutting US jobs, then the Ds automatically feel they have to be in favor of GM destroying US jobs.

Cheers!

[aspera]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')lantagenet wrote: Trump is demanding that GM restart production of the Volt and other sedans, or repay all the bailout money to the US treasury. That seems reasonable to me.

[yellowcanoe]

The Canadian government gave GM CDN$10.5 billion in 2009 in the form of loans, share purchases and subsidies. The net loss on this package is somewhere between CDN$4 billion and CDN$5 billion. Now GM is closing their Oshawa plant, one of three plants they have in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/nat ... -1.4920729

[Plantagenet]

The claim that GM repaid the money it received from TARP turns out to be just more "fake news".

In actuality, GM gave the Obama administration shares in GM......and the geniuses in the Obama administration sold those shares at an 11.3 billion dollar LOSS.

Meanwhile Trump is charging ahead to try to put pressure on GM to save US jobs. In typical Trumpean fashion. Today he told federal agencies to cut all GM subsidies in response to GM closing the US factories (including the VOLT factory) and cutting US jobs. NO doubt the Ds will file a lawsuit somewhere with a D-leaning federal judge to force Trump to continue the GM subsidies.

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IMHO its shameful that Obama and the Ds are choosing to remain silent on GM closing US factories and firing US workers. Its seems like the Ds could at least be bi-partisan on an issue like this, but the Ds, being who they are, are unwilling to join with Trump in putting pressure on GM to try to save US jobs.

Cheers!

[KaiserJeep]

This GM issue is a perfect example of why and how Trump took the majority of Blue Collar votes from the D's. If they DO file such a lawsuit, it would simply be another example of how they are out of touch with the classic D base.

Now can we have a 25% tariff on Chinese built vehicles, please? I would include the EVs from China in such a tariff.

[GHung]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')he claim that GM repaid the money it received from TARP turns out to be just more "fake news".

In actuality, GM gave the Obama administration shares in GM......and the geniuses in the Obama administration sold those shares at an 11.3 billion dollar LOSS.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I')ts a bit harder to criticize Ford for cancelling the Fiesta, since they never took a penny of bailout money. However, GM took over 12 billion dollars of taxpayer funded bailouts from the Obama administration.

Trump is demanding that GM restart production of the Volt and other sedans, or repay all the bailout money to the US treasury. That seems reasonable to me.

I'm surprised that Obama and the Ds aren't joining Trump in lambasting GM for ending production of the Volt, but I guess that the Ds all hate Trump so much that if Trump speaks out against GM cutting US jobs, then the Ds automatically feel they have to be in favor of GM destroying US jobs.

Cheers!

[GHung]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')et's remember, they're only about "fiscal responsibility" when complaining about R spending priorities. NOT when buying votes with their own spending priorities.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GHung', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')et's remember, they're only about "fiscal responsibility" when complaining about R spending priorities. NOT when buying votes with their own spending priorities.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '.').. considering how many votes the D's get from the unions and their influence, it's not at all surprising to me that the D's won't go against the UAW.

[asg70]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')rump and denouncing GM's move to end the Volt

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('asg70', '
')....Trump singles out the Volt as some sort of sacred car worth saving

[asg70]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')You can fantasize that the Volt is "some kind of sacred car" all you want, but Trump hasn't said anything like that.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('asg70', ' ')stop trying to connect Trump to the Volt.

[asg70]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')1. GM announced they were were ending production of the VOLT and several other cars. GM said they would close the factories and lay off all the workers.
2. Trump demanded that GM not take those steps, and then he directed Federal agencies to try to end all federal subisidies to GM unless they changed their plans. Sorry to have to break it to you, but the Volt is one of the cars that Trump wants GM to keep producing.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('asg70', ' ') Trump is some sort of environmentalist.

[asg70]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')You suggestion that Trump is "some sort of an environmentalist" is idiotic.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('asg70', ' ')I made no such suggestion. I suggested that you are making such a suggestion