Catnmus, the Raving IndependentWherein I curse madly on all sorts of topics, and probably talk about my cats, too, at some point.(Untitled)- March 27, 2006 Praise for GM I read somewhere last year that the "average line worker" at an automobile plant in this country (U.S.) is 48 years old. It's no wonder American car companies are so conservative about the cars they make. With the labor costs for a 48-year-old workforce (most of whom have almost certainly been working there for 20-30 years), the company cannot really afford a failure, such as building hybrids that they're not sure people are going to buy. So I'd like to...http://blogs.salon.com/0001787/2006/03/26.html#a599 |