Coming soon: an American ‘volkswagen’
Although, he just “ran” GM by running its CEO out of office, the President . . is . . .just. . not . . that. . . into. . . running car companies. But that doesn’t mean he discards the idea of using the production of automobiles to remake America. The ground work is getting laid here for something big. . .
Also from today’s speech:
Obama addressed industry workers, a crucial constituency, saying that while there may be more pain to come, “I will fight for you. You are the reason I am here today. I will fight to bring the methods and resources of production under your control and, together, we will produce something so essential to our being it will elevate us.”
I might have added the last sentence but what I think he’s getting at is this is the time to rally around remaking a once great company (which, for all of its warts, would have been a sustainable organization if not for the worldwide credit crisis) into a visionary enterprise destined to lift unionized American workers out of their grim situation. It’s about the next ‘peoples car’, and who will control its production, consumption, and usage.
"Nice little Chevy Volt"
America will make the Chevy Volt in its own image, with its own sweat and blood.
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