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To: tejek who wrote (618080)	7/2/2011 6:43:52 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583507

Not improving cafe standards was the decision of mgmt, not the unions. Yes, and it isn't clear at all that THAT had anything to do with the problem, although if you listen to the liberal media I can see how one could draw that conclusion. Not having a well rounded market offering.....SUVs AND gas efficient cars was a decision made by mgmt, not the unions. Same as above. Management made what was a clearly a horrible decision with the Volt. Who are you blaming THAT on? Poor car design and quality is the responsibility of mgmt, not the unions. Design is a management issue, but where is the evidence of a design problem? The best selling GM vehicles were Cadillacs, which they made the most money on (or lost the least). The quality issues were a result of unions dictating to management what the workplace would look like. >> In fact, capitulating to union demands was the fault of mgmt, not the unions. It is hard to blame management when the UAW is holding a gun to their heads. >> Interesting and positive metrics..... Right. That prove Arkansas is in fact a relatively "wealthy" state. It just makes better choices. >> and yet, Arkansas is at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to per capita income and educational attainment: Education is a function of the demographic, not of the amount of money spent. We are a small, rural state, yet rank [by most rankings] somewhere in the middle overall -- often ahead of states like CA and OR. So, I don't think that's too bad under the circumstances. As to your remark on "per-capita" income, I just don't know how that is a meaningful metric at all. I can have a better standard of living where I live on HALF the money you can in Seattle. And LESS THAN HALF what I could in NYC or LA. Per-capita income is about as close as you can get to meaningless as a measure of a state's "wealth". You really have to take into account that a small house in CA cost 3-4x what the same house would cost in Central Arkansas.