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To: jlallen who wrote (434533)	11/12/2008 12:06:40 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574012

The average Big 3 car has $1,500 just for health care costs built into the price....the average Japanese car by comparison has only $110.00. And that is just for health care...also the costs for penetrating the Japanese market effectively close off that market to US automakers.... Again, this is a union problem. You have essentially unskilled or minimally skilled laborers who are earning money as though they were skilled laborers, including benefits that most other people can only dream about. Add to this the fact that American plants cannot simply go in and replace workers with robots (because the unions won't permit it) and you have a recipe for disaster. Any bailout money damned well OUGHT to be conditioned on eliminating or greatly reducing the power of the unions. Otherwise, this money is nothing more than welfare for UAW members who already make more money with better benefits than any other minimally-skilled workers in the nation.

To: jlallen who wrote (434533)	11/12/2008 12:12:43 PM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574012

The average Big 3 car has $1,500 just for health care costs built into the price....the average Japanese car by comparison has only $110.00. And that is just for health care...also the costs for penetrating the Japanese market effectively close off that market to US automakers.... Japan has national health care. And in their US manufacturing a much younger work force without the legacy cost for retirees. National health care (without employer participation) would make a lot of US companies more competitive.