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Old 12-12-2008, 02:03 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Particle Man View Post
so we've established that the sales aren't the problem then (almost)... so we're back to the fact that they're pissing away their $$ paying someone a ton of money to do less work than the average fast food worker...
IMO it's 4 things:
Legacy healthcare costs for retires.
High Union Wages
A constriction on their credit lines from the financial melt down
Fewer people are buying cars ( from what I hear, a lot fewer)

I'll also say their build mix of big cars/suv's vs small cars was wrong for $4/gal gas. We'll have to see how scaring that was to car buyers.
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