>> IS SHAMEFUL.
>> LOU: A FEW THOUGHTS ON
GENERAL MOTORS SURPRISE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
A MOMENT OF CALLOUSNESS AND
MALADROIT ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY.
IT REVEALS FAR MORE ABOUT
GENERAL MOTORS THAN ITS
MANAGEMENT WOULD LIKE ANY OF ITS
INVESTORS TO KNOW.
CONSIDER THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES HAS MADE IT CLEAR
TO BUSINESS LEADERS THAT JOBS
HAD BETTER RETURN TO THE
COUNTRY.
THE MILLIONS OF JOBS THAT THEY
HAVE OUT OUTSOURCED TO CHEAP
FOREIGN MARKETS.
THEN EXPORTING THEIR PRODUCTS
INTO THE UNITED STATES WILL NO
LONGER BE TOLERATED LABOR
ARBITRAGE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
IT'S AN FANCY EXPRESSION FOR
KILLING AMERICAN JOBS.
MANAGEMENT MUST DO FAR BETTER
THAN SIMPLY EXPAND MARGINS BY
EMPLOYING CHEAP WORKERS.
>> THIS IS THE HOME OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
AND EXECUTIVES LIKE THOSE AT
GENERAL MOTORS ARE TRYING TO
RETURN US TO THE NIGHTMARE YEARS
OF CLINTON AND BUSH AND OBAMA.
SO HERE NOW IS GENERAL MOTORS
GOING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, AGAINST
AMERICAN WORKERS AND FAMILIES.
HOW ABOUT GM'S TONE DEAF TIME OF
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?
WHICH OF THE BILLION EXECUTIVES
DECIDED A FEW DAYS AFTER
THANKSGIVING, LESS THAN A MONTH
BEFORE CHRISTMAS THAT THIS WOULD
BE THE PERFECT MOMENT TO
ANNOUNCE AND DESTROY THE
LIVELIHOOD OF 15000 GM WORKERS?
THAT'S GENIUS.
WHAT DID THE CEO EXPECT?
APPLAUSE OR HOLLY LEAH COURSE.
DO SHE AND HER TOP MANAGERS
BELIEVE GENERAL MOTORS CAN KEEP
15000 JOBS IN MEXICO WHILE
KILLING JOBS IN AMERICA AND
STILL EXPECT AMERICANS TO BUY
THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS.
DID THEY REALLY BELIEVE
AMERICANS WILL BUY PRODUCTS FROM
COMPANIES THAT CLOSES PLANTS IN
THE UNITED STATES BUT KEEPS THEM
OPEN IN MEXICO WITH MORE
EMPLOYEES IN MEXICO THAN ANY
OTHER CARMAKER.
WHAT ABOUT THAT HUGE TAX BREAK
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST GAVE
CORPORATE AMERICA.
>> YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN
STILL TELL AMERICAN WORKERS TO
GO TO HELL, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE TAX BREAKS FOR BUSINESS AND
NOT EVEN A FAINT THANK YOU?
NO CONTRITION.
HOW ABOUT JUST INVESTING MANY OF
THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
THIS COUNTRY, IN AMERICA?
DON'T YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF
OBLIGATION TO WHAT NATIONALS
LIKE TO CALL THE HOME MARKET.
IT'S AMERICA.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
HAS MADE IT OFFICIAL IT'S
AMERICA FIRST.
GM'S MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCED ITS
OBSCENE AND DOES VIOLENCE TO
WHAT THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR.
PROSPERITY FOR ALL AMERICANS AND
THANK GOD PRESIDENT TRUMP
REMINDED ALL AMERICANS THAT HE
JUST SOMETHING UNIONS HAVEN'T
DONE IN DECADES THAT NEITHER
PARTY HAS DONE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
REPRESENTS AMERICAN WORKERS
THEIR FAMILIES AND THE AMERICAN
WAY.
HE TOLD GM EXECUTIVES TODAY THAT
YOU ARE PLAYING AROUND WITH THE
WRONG PERSON EVEN THE DAMN
BIGSHOT SET GENERAL MOTORS
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THEIR ASSAULT
ON DECENCY AND LOYALTY WILL NOT
END WELL.
PERHAPS GM SHOULD EXPORT THE TOP
MANAGEMENT TO A MUCH CHEAPER