Dear George,
I am glad to see the unions taking the heat for General Motors flame out. Look at how they've sucked the company dry with their pensions and health benefits. Has America forgotten her proud tradition of wage slavery?
There is no doubt the union is the cause given the brilliance of GM’s marketing strategy. Early in its history, GM decided that styling was more important than engineering. There game plan was to build a car that falls apart in three years, thus guaranteeing repeat customers. The strategy worked brilliantly until we kicked some Jap and German ass in WWII. And how did those bastards pay us back for liberating them? They started importing cars that were built to last. They imported cars that were well engineered and efficient, cars that got great gas mileage.
But, did General Motors back down? Hell no! They showed the corporate grit that has made America a world-class powerhouse; they kept turning out well-styled beauties that started self-destructing at thirty-thousand miles. Granted, they wavered a bit during the gas crises of the early seventies. Praise God, they bounced off the ropes and came out fighting as they turned out bigger and bigger SUVs and pickup trucks. They bravely stayed the course even as they continued to lose market share.
When they saw their market share shrinking they displayed their genius by creating such a public addiction for incentives people refused to buy their cars without them. They set a shining example of a brave corporation playing chicken with its profit margin.
Some might call this corporate incompetence; I call it corporate brilliance. To stand tall in the face of disaster is the American way, be it in Vietnam, Iraq or a GM showroom. I mean hell! What worked in 1956 will damn well work in 2006. So let’s keep those executive bonuses flowing because as General Motors goes, so goes America.
Your admirer,
Belacqua Jones
9:10:59 PM 
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