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Originally Posted by dyna mo
that would make sense except you leave out that detroit was working, with union wages. and thriving. it's not fair or accurate to lay the blame of auto manu's failures at the feet of the low guy on the totem pole. the middle class guy screwing the screws didn't screw detroit.
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government involvement through quotas/tariffs screwed Detroit... without government involvement Detroit auto industry would have been forced to get their shit together, to lower wages to sustainable levels, to innovate, etc, decades ago...
there would have been the talk: "look guys, we pay you $50/hr (with benefits and other costs)... Japanese pay their guys $30/hr... either you get a pay cut, or we are out of business, we just can't compete by paying you $20/hr more than the competition"... unions and the government involvement prevented this talk from taking place...