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In the decade long firestorm that’s seen the obese over-extension, negligent manufacturing, managerial incompetence and ultimate demise of General Motors a new vision, new leadership and the promise of a new day has been given birth. We can rest easy knowing the United States Government has swooped in and is on the job… training.
Fixing bureaucracy with bureaucracy is bound to work as efficiently as your local motor vehicle office. My twenty years in the car business has brought certain insight and perspective on this ashy mess. The following are my suggestions for the 2011 model year:
A.) Forget how much you hate car dealers, ownership just got worse.
B.) Apply now for your fuel efficient vehicle tax credit.
C.) Buy more life insurance, think Smart Car size.
D.) Start changing your own oil.
E.) Apply for your bus pass tax credit.
F.) Expect the same great service you get from other Federal, State and Local Government agencies and programs.
G.) Sell your stock in any airline, they’re next if the health-care system can wait one turn.
H.) Exercise your pen hand, the new car contracts will mirror the tax code in complexity.
I.) Find a parking spot now, new stripes and regulations will only allow smaller vehicles, a cross between a Yugo and a Gremlin called a We-go, designed for 2.1 adults.
J.) Enjoy your Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Hyundai, Mazda or any of the European imports, they make fine cars.
K.) Bake dinner for your neighbor who’s in the U.S. Auto Industry, they’re going to need it.
L.) Buy import stock!
M.) Prepare ahead of time by taking the day off when you call the Government’s new consumer hotline… for your mortgage problems press 1, for your child’s education press 2, for food stamps press 3, for tax payments owed press 4, for a local mechanic press 5 and for death processing press 6. All calls will be handled in the order received, you are caller 299,999,998, two people ahead of you have been helped.
N.) Autoworkers, get your resume ready this ship has sunk! You’re shifting deck chairs on the Titanic! If greed and profit motive couldn’t keep her afloat, nothing can!
I’ve included a few photos take after a recent Michigan forest fire, by sheer happenstance. There cannot possibly be a positive outcome to the burnt U.S. Auto Industry. No matter where you come down you’ll agree this is a horrible mess. I say GM and Chrysler should have been allowed to fail completely! We’ve just delayed the inevitable, see public education, building permits and zoning, parking fines, environmental over regulation, scandal, waste, fraud and abuse… need I say more?
Bring your own cushion for this ride it’s bound to be a bit bumpy and you might notice the faint smell of smoke, that’s your tax dollars, investments and educational savings going up in flames!
- 2011 Government Motors Mini-Van, Photo by D.A. Capaldi
Other Successful Govenment Programs, Photo by D.A. Capaldi
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I couldn’t have said it better…not only should we NOT have bailed them out, we should NOT let the government take over. Bigger is not better in this case – your pics say it loud and clear – our children are in for quite the bumpy ride – they will inherit this mess that is going to take years to get out of, and that is only if it doesn’t get worse. BTW- I am still on hold – they are up to caller number 3 now, LOL.
I know, right. Thanks for your comments.