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2019-02-12 Economy

Ford Adding 500 American Jobs to Chicago Manufacturing Plants

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-12 03:01|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Meanwhile, Generic Motors closes US plants and announces plans to make huge investments in Chinese auto production. Obviously there will be no massive financial subsidies under the current government. Cheap Chinese labor is the only remaining option.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-12 06:02|| 2019-02-12 06:02|| Front Page Top

#2 ...btw, thanks for the bailout suckers! (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)

IIRC - Ford didn't take any bailout money, made a commercial about that, got threatened by Obean's WH to take it down.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-02-12 06:52|| 2019-02-12 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 GM remains in 'circling the drain' mode, mostly because their overall line structure is untenable. They've got Corvette and Cadillac, and they've got Chevy trucks. And lots of other stuff nobody has any enthusiasm for.
And that's about it.

Posted by ed in texas 2019-02-12 07:31|| 2019-02-12 07:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Our company's fleet switched from GM to Ford around 2008 as I recall.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-02-12 14:13|| 2019-02-12 14:13|| Front Page Top

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