Post by robic58 on Jun 4, 2009 22:30:36 GMT -5
Some lives were brief,some a bit longer, and some remarkably well into decades and decades-- but gone are
CORD
DURANT
ESSEX
WHIPPET
HUPMOBILE
REO
LASALLE
FRAZER
KAISER
TUCKER
PACKARD
NASH
DESOTO
HENRY J
MONARCH
STUDEBAKER
EDSEL
PLYMOUTH
OLDSMOBILE
PONTIAC
and others that do not come to mind....
RIP.... but life goes on.
The demise of North American manufacturing has been evident for a few decades; we no longer make Televisions, and other electronics; we hardly make any appliances: shoes, garments, etc...
That's history, I guess, But I think we can take a page from the Europeans... sure they import a lot of goods from Asia, but not at the rate that we do...and they've somehow manage to retain a certain amount of "consumer necessities"manufacturing in Europe.
Can we hope to exist successfully, singly on "service"industry thru computers,financial management,etc without tangible goods?
I think not, and furthermore, we'll be at the mercy of those that do produce those tangible goods, whether it be vehicles, appliances,electronics,furniture,garments, footwear, tools,etc..
Good luck to GM & Chrysler spending our tax dollars re-organizing, let's hope they survive.
CORD
DURANT
ESSEX
WHIPPET
HUPMOBILE
REO
LASALLE
FRAZER
KAISER
TUCKER
PACKARD
NASH
DESOTO
HENRY J
MONARCH
STUDEBAKER
EDSEL
PLYMOUTH
OLDSMOBILE
PONTIAC
and others that do not come to mind....
RIP.... but life goes on.
The demise of North American manufacturing has been evident for a few decades; we no longer make Televisions, and other electronics; we hardly make any appliances: shoes, garments, etc...
That's history, I guess, But I think we can take a page from the Europeans... sure they import a lot of goods from Asia, but not at the rate that we do...and they've somehow manage to retain a certain amount of "consumer necessities"manufacturing in Europe.
Can we hope to exist successfully, singly on "service"industry thru computers,financial management,etc without tangible goods?
I think not, and furthermore, we'll be at the mercy of those that do produce those tangible goods, whether it be vehicles, appliances,electronics,furniture,garments, footwear, tools,etc..
Good luck to GM & Chrysler spending our tax dollars re-organizing, let's hope they survive.