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Is General Motors bankruptcy entirely their fault, or do the financial wizards of Wall Street who made all those bad home loans have any responsibility for the lack of new car buyers? Check this NY Times story.

By vinc3nt Asked Jun 1 2009 1:13PM
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by vincentcent wanders aimlessly on Jun 1, 2009 at 3:51 pm Permalink

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I think this snippet from the link sums it up nicely.

"Mr. Wagoner was able to hold on to his job for longer than people expected, as G.M.’s stock fell steadily from about $70 when he took charge at the start of the decade. It closed at 75 cents a share on Friday."
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Avatar vinc3nt Jun, 01 2009 at 09:12 PM
That snippet is true of more than 90% of the stocks in America and the world. The stock fall beginning 2007 for GM parallels that of Pulte Homes, Home Depot, Ford, General Electric, Safeway etc. supporting the view that all are victims of the greed of AIG and Lehman Brothers etc. GM did not have the cash resources to outlast the recession as will others in the near future.
Not that simple, please try again.

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by Larry on Jun 1, 2009 at 3:43 pm Permalink

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the new pres. said it well when he said they did it to themselves
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Avatar vinc3nt Jun, 11 2009 at 10:26 PM
That is true of the Wall Street Bankers and AIG but not GM. Mark my words, if GM is forced to produce cars that Obama and congress says are right for this country it will be in bankruptcy again unless bailed out again. Thanks
Avatar Larry Jun, 16 2009 at 05:15 PM
First of all credit itself has caused the problem. My grandfather used to say save your money then buy it. But people today want it now. The commercial industry knows that, and the auto makers have for the most part have upped the prices lowered the quality knowing that they would still sell cars, make a huge amount of money, riping the people off. Think about it, you can not pay off your car before the warrantee has expired. Why do you think that other country's are doing so well in the U.S. now? Because, they are not selling junk! The american car companys did it to themselves greed and credit mismanaged is the cause.
Avatar vinc3nt Jun, 16 2009 at 09:06 PM
I must agree that easy credit was way too easy and marketing was substituted for quality. It's the American way. Still GM has been an innovator in so many areas and were working toward a very good solution to hybrid cars in the new Chevrolet Volt. It is an electric car with a gas generator. It can also use a fuel cell to charge the battery pack. http://www.popularmechanics.com/.../4209783.html


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