Monday, March 30, 2009

Why I'll NEVER buy GM again...


No, I will never buy a General Motors car ever again. But, not because of the reasons you are probably thinking. You see, most liberals don't understand what could be so wrong with a government owned auto company. "Wouldn't it be patriotic to buy a car from the government?" I think a good portion of liberals would think, "Oh you just don't want to support the government!" or "You're just an Obama denier". No, that's not it. The truth is, if government really did do things productive, marketable, and inventive at a reasonable price, then I'd be inclined to consider a government made automobile. But, look no further than the DMV, Medicare, and IRS to see how "efficiently" the government runs business. No, government owned in and of itself is not the reason why I will no longer buy from this company. There are only 2 things that can happen with this GM takeover:
  1. The car is going to be too expensive. Anything the government touches is a bad investment. They can't create anything (barring dependency on the government) that is cheaper than what can be created in the free market. Nope, no one will buy these cars due to expense (look at unreasonable subsidies paid to non-productive union members as well as the unlimited taxpayer funding as the reason).
  2. The car is going to be a piece of crap tin can that no one will want to buy. The types of car's Barack and the environmentalists want to us to buy are the one's that NOBODY wants to buy. Make no mistake - say goodbye to the SUV.
With either of these scenarios, GM will not sell cars without the mandate of the government by way of legislating tariffs on competitors (see cap and trade) and creating laws that force the American consumer in to their nice new, undesirable "bean tin" at a GUARANTEED taxpayer expense ala Amtrak. Whatever the case, the company will not be profitable, will be made to sell inferior products, and will force consumers with no other choice.

Welcome to 21st century communism, folks. Saddle up, it's going to be a long painful road. Again, this is "change we can believe in."

1 comment:

  1. here here,
    i couldnt agree more, one note you say its not the government alone that is the reason you wont a GM again I would emphasize yes it is because government = higher prices lower quality bad management, for all the same reasons you listed including the post office, i will not let the governement dictate what i can buy or drive its the precursor to socialism and dictatorship

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