I understand completely…back in 1984 our company (Chrysler) quality was so bad (People actually found beer cans in the doors and wrong colored seats etc) we simply could not compete. I thought over the years that quality / pride came back. In some ways it did. In many ways it did not. The company has been sold twice (that was not a merger) over the years and the morale suffered terribly with each take over. We finally got our original name plate back just to see the bottom fall out from underneath us.

The UAW has been a great support system for the autoworkers yet, I think that a small percentage of its members have ruined a great concept that many outstanding workers (past and present) have work so hard to achieve and maintain. Working there for 31 years I saw first hand how hard the majority of workers had worked so diligently to make Chrysler stand out and become one of the premier car companies in the world.

I still have not given up on GM, Ford and Chrysler. I am starting to think that a company is like a human in the sense that sometimes we have to hit bottom (most of us have experienced that) to be able to dust ourselves off and come out of this with our head up high and once again be the Big 3.

I have witnessed the state of Michigan with its beautiful Great Lakes and wonderful hard working people devastated with this economy. Make no mistake we will be back …thanks for letting me vent.
God Bless America.