Why the Big Three Shouldn’t Be Bailed Out

November 19th, 2008

This is an excellent blog post from Mark Perry’s Carpe Diem blog on how Honda is actually expanding in this country:

Honda expands

5 Responses to “Why the Big Three Shouldn’t Be Bailed Out”

  1. DaveinHackensack Says:

    Honda’s labor costs are a fraction of Detroit’s, because Honda operates non-union plants.

  2. DaveinHackensack Says:

    Aaron, do you know if your investors read this blog?

  3. admin Says:

    some do.

  4. DaveinHackensack Says:

    Then I’ll hold off from making a particular comment here.

  5. Christian Marx Says:

    According to the following article (quite interesting):
    http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/autos/0811/gallery.autos_crisis_causes/index.html
    Honda’s labor costs are about the same as Detroit’s for current labor. The problem is that the US automakers have been around for a lot longer and therefore have a HUGE overhang of retirees sucking out healthcare and retirement benefits!

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