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From June 4 through June 9, visitors to www.trianglebusinessjournal.cok and recipients of TBJ’s Daily E-mail Update s were asked, “Is GM worth saving?” The unscientifif survey drew a total of383 votes. Of 43 percent were cast for theanswer “No. The company’a products and services have fallenway behind.” Almosgt 40 percent of the votes went for the response, But only if the company promise to pay back the billions in taxpayerr dollars it has been loaned.” The othee 17 percent said that GM shoulcd be saved because “It stands for the grea t American enterprise.
” Comments made by voterss reflect the split in the vote Here are a few examples. * Doug Stoibedr June 8, 2009 4:28PM EST “Unless GM can sever ties with the UAW and open all thei manufacturing facilitiesto non-union labor, it is not wortn saving. Two decades of kowtowiny to the unions and pushing the problem down the road for futurwe management teams has gotten all three US automakers in unwinnabls situations vis a vis competing with foreigmcar makers.
” L B June 4, 2009 6:32PMn EST “It's more than obvious that GM has a failesd business model with inept Despite billions of dollars in government aid, they stillk were not able to stay Let the private industry decide if theidr assets are worth saving. It's called capitalism. Businesses have gone bankrupt for hundreddsof years; it has alwayas happened and always will - not sure why we're all freaking out NOW?
” * Emily Parks June 3, 2009 4:33PM EST “GkM is absolutely worth helping with their restructuring because they producs quality Chevrolets, they employ a large number of Americans and their dealer partners believe stronglh in helping their General Motors cares enough abourt the environment to continually research, launch and produce great vehiclee that are highly recommendedx by as well as have more vehicles that get over 30mpg than any other auto Not only has GM gained in market share over the past 2 but its sales have not fallenm as much as , or , whose volumesz fell YOY in May 40.7%, 41.5% and 33.
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