Democrats, Big 3 Blame Bush for Detroit's Problems
The Big 3's top lobbyists met with Michigan's top Democrats to prepare for President Bush's meeting with the CEO's of the Big 3. The message: Detroit's problems are not Detroit's fault.
While Bush has told the Big 3 to build more relevant automobiles, the Big 3 have not listened. Instead Detroit blames health care and unfair trade practices.
Regarding relevant automobiles, GM responded, "Five million who bought our cars last year think they're relevant," GM's sales chief Mark LaNeve told The Detroit News in May. "Twenty million owners that we have just in our database probably think they're pretty relevant. The 1.1 million (GM) jobs are also voters and probably think it's pretty relevant."
"There have been no steps taken by this administration to support manufacturing. They need to understand, and I hope the Big Three will be blunt and direct with the administration, that their competitors are not companies overseas. Their competitors are countries overseas," Senator Carl Levin said.
(Source: DetroitNews)
While Bush has told the Big 3 to build more relevant automobiles, the Big 3 have not listened. Instead Detroit blames health care and unfair trade practices.
Regarding relevant automobiles, GM responded, "Five million who bought our cars last year think they're relevant," GM's sales chief Mark LaNeve told The Detroit News in May. "Twenty million owners that we have just in our database probably think they're pretty relevant. The 1.1 million (GM) jobs are also voters and probably think it's pretty relevant."
"There have been no steps taken by this administration to support manufacturing. They need to understand, and I hope the Big Three will be blunt and direct with the administration, that their competitors are not companies overseas. Their competitors are countries overseas," Senator Carl Levin said.
(Source: DetroitNews)
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