Comments on: Job opening in Detroit http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/ Rantings and photos of Metro Detroit in a post-industrial era. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Dan http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-87 Dan Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:16:56 +0000 http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-87 A Detroit story that is uplifting and full of optimism... To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by http://www.detnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/904020395/1409/METRO "I knowed some hard times," Beasley says. "But a man's got to know how to get hisself through them hard times. Part of that is eating right." A Detroit story that is uplifting and full of optimism…

To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/904020395/1409/METRO

“I knowed some hard times,” Beasley says. “But a man’s got to know how to get hisself through them hard times. Part of that is eating right.”

]]> By: admin http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-80 admin Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:57:32 +0000 http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-80 "Fix It Again Tony"...I like it. I have no doubt that Italians or Americans can make great automobiles. The problem generally lies with management. Even if you want to pin the problems on the unions, you still have to blame management for agreeing to ridiculous contracts. As a CEO it's been easier to promise something far off in the future (such as retirement benefits) rather than give a raise in the present. Makes your next profit report look better, and results in a bigger payday for yourself. Unfortunately it creates bigger problems down the road, but since CEOs were not paid for future health, but rather for current profits, they were actively encouraged to make bad choices for the long term health of the companies. So I guess the board, and stock holders are a big part of the problem as well. It's definitely a waste of our money, but so was allowing tax breaks only for very heavy vehicles, or tariffs on light trucks and SUVs...If the Big Three couldn't compete we should have acknowledged it years ago, instead of waiting until our economy started to collapse. “Fix It Again Tony”…I like it. I have no doubt that Italians or Americans can make great automobiles. The problem generally lies with management. Even if you want to pin the problems on the unions, you still have to blame management for agreeing to ridiculous contracts. As a CEO it’s been easier to promise something far off in the future (such as retirement benefits) rather than give a raise in the present. Makes your next profit report look better, and results in a bigger payday for yourself.

Unfortunately it creates bigger problems down the road, but since CEOs were not paid for future health, but rather for current profits, they were actively encouraged to make bad choices for the long term health of the companies. So I guess the board, and stock holders are a big part of the problem as well.

It’s definitely a waste of our money, but so was allowing tax breaks only for very heavy vehicles, or tariffs on light trucks and SUVs…If the Big Three couldn’t compete we should have acknowledged it years ago, instead of waiting until our economy started to collapse.

]]> By: Foxwood http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-79 Foxwood Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:13:34 +0000 http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-79 Bailout and then Bankruptcy... What this means is our tax money was a waste. Bailout and then Bankruptcy… What this means is our tax money was a waste.

]]> By: Mauro Thon Giudici http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-78 Mauro Thon Giudici Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:44:08 +0000 http://www.themotorlesscity.com/2009/03/30/job-opening-in-detroit/#comment-78 I on your side about the crappy look of all this. I still remember how my relatives in Santa Cruz used to spell FIAT: "Fix It Again Tony". Do not worry. Italians are pretty aware of this. However under the FIAT surface there is TATA (to make things even worser). Funny how nobody seems to care about it. Mauro I on your side about the crappy look of all this. I still remember how my relatives in Santa Cruz used to spell FIAT: “Fix It Again Tony”.

Do not worry. Italians are pretty aware of this. However under the FIAT surface there is TATA (to make things even worser). Funny how nobody seems to care about it.

Mauro

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