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Originally Posted by roachboy
this is a short version of why i see the trouble detriot is now in as yet another expression of the incoherences of neoliberalism.
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Why isn't it an expression of a failing US industry? If you use the auto industry as an expression of the incoherences of neoliberalism why not use for example the heavy equipment manufacturing industry to support the opposite, i.e. Caterpillar, John Deer, Terex, etc. These companies are assembly line producers, have unions, international competition, and can be profitable.
The auto industry has been sheltered from domestic competition party due to the liberal obsession with unionism and the guise of protecting American workers. In the end this liberal obsession has killed the industry. If the real economic value of torquing bolts on an assembly line is less than a gross cost of $70 an hour, it is simply insanity to pay that amount. The true focus of liberals should have been to educate that worker so his true economic value as a worker is in line with his pay, which could end up being more than a gross cost of $70 an hour. New domestic auto companies have not been allowed to form and develop in this country because of the union issue and liberals support of the union cause. If new domestic auto companies were allowed to form and develop, these new companies would have grown based on a sound economic model, as has been the case in other industries in this nation.