(09-18-2023, 12:12 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(09-16-2023, 03:55 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: But here is my question.  If you have two identical cars and you can buy either one but one costs $10,000 more than the other because it is made in the US and the other is made in Mexico, which one would you buy?

This may be addressed in the subsequent communication but our US companies are not looking to pass savings on to us when they move jobs to Mexico or China, they are simply seeking to improve their profitability.  As such, if we are paying $40k for a car made in the US, there's a good chance we will be paying that same $40k after they move the jobs to Mexico (or perhaps they will offer some reductions based on competitiveness).

Personally, if we did recognize a $10k savings passed on to the buyer, I'd definitely buy the $30k vehicle if I don't believe in the UAW position AND I'm not going to simply take the UAWs side just because they are US based.  They need to be relatively reasonable, knowing manufactures have much cheaper options.

I thought that would have been obvious to him after my post. Maybe you explained it better. 

2 more things of note: 1. People often start high in negotiations to take things off the table, so I'm sure at least some of the UAW's requests are intentionally meant to be thrown out. 2. Remember who has power over the narrative... it ain't the workers.

That is not a wholesale defense of this situation. Truth is that I know very little about it. I'm just postulating some alternative ideas about why these demands seem so extreme.

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