Good points. I see much of the debate here centered on placing the blame on either management or the workers. Certainly they both have their faults, yet I also know that any of the big three are capable of building the finest vehicles in the world.
So why are Toyota and Honda happily churning out cars while the others are begging for taxpayer money?

Much of the problem is related to the economy, and the foreign makers are also suffering, but the big three are suffering more. The obvious problems of high labor cost and poor choices in both design and marketing by management have caused them pain. The third component is the economic policy of our country and the attitude of the public. In many ways the public seems to put the support of the worker so far ahead of support for measures that could strengthen our national industries and interest that they have forgotten that the industries must exist before there can be any jobs.

There are many proven low or zero cost ways to boost the economy, yet these measures are hardly ever mentioned. All we hear is the cry for more money, money that is in extremely short supply due to very poor management of government revenue from the taxpayer. It is a sad truth that all of us are never going to have everything.

Ultimately much of our industry is going to have to be restructured to survive, and much of that third leg-government economic policy and public sector spending is going to have to undergo a massive restructure.