When the U.S. Government became G.M.'s
owner in 2009 after sending it through bankruptcy it forced out
G.M.'s president and shared responsibility with the 17% U.A.W. stake
and 13% ownership by the Canadian government for what the corporation
would become. It is possible that managing potential ignition switch
defects was not it's main concern. G.M. leadership was the White
House in effect. President Obama's team placed quality control
standards upon it. Addressing new liabilities that might have been
avoided were not issue number one. Is that the responsibility of the
owner of G.M. then, the U.S. Government?
One writer suggests that G.M. raised
the prices of 2014 full size p.u.'s $1500 covering the cost of
rebates on most models. The idea is that the G.M. bailout was mostly
for the benefit of the U.A.W.-other car manufacturers were profitable
without government takeover. It is notable that the issue only made
it to the public a few months after the U.S. Government sold it's
final shares of G.M.
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