tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567460044723371801.post4829801362769155229..comments2023-06-20T09:44:41.022-04:00Comments on Sic Semper Conservativus: "The End is Nigh"Vox Populihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01648199118992248903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567460044723371801.post-73163245990554846012009-03-30T14:09:00.000-04:002009-03-30T14:09:00.000-04:00I have been constantly irritated over the last 10 ...I have been constantly irritated over the last 10 years on how US automakers have refused to admit that we needed more hybrids and less SUV's.<BR/><BR/>Granted SUV's have a higher profit margin, and employee health insurance eats up a significant amount of production costs, but then these are the same class of guys who fought tooth and nail Universal Health Care and higher milage standards. The writing was on the wall for a long time, and they wouldn't read it.<BR/><BR/>That's sad because we ought to be a nation of manufacturers not bankers. The auto industry's financial woes are just a fraction of what the financial sector is asking for, and the financial sector is getting a lot less strings attached for their bailouts.<BR/><BR/>I say good riddance to the CEO's who drove their industries into a ditch, but lets get things back on track with American Made hybrids and electric vehicles, and hell yes, building more mass transit vehicles too.Scoopernicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321376139153616157noreply@blogger.com