In Friday's Letters to the editor
Troubles in Detroit headline Friday's Letters to the editor.
Thomas F. Hanson, of Newhall, responds to Wednesday's Op-Ed by Douglas Olin, a a deputy assistant secretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration, and wonders if the Big Three automakers might be beyond saving:
It is very difficult, if not impossible, for very large and old corporations to adopt new technologies. It is usually easier for them to go out of business.
Bruce Joffe, of Piedmont, says bring it on:
For two decades, the Big Three American automakers have been making a fortune building and selling gas-guzzling SUVs while Toyota and Honda were developing energy-efficient, well-designed, long-lasting cars....
Now [they] want a bailout? I say, "Heck, no." Let these companies wither, or get bought up by companies who know how to make useful cars for the 21st century.
A new and improved take on the car tax, kudos for L.A. Country Sheriff Lee Baca's plan to take guns away from intoxicated off-duty deputies, and immigrants' wasted brain power, too.
*Photo of a Chevy dealership in Raleigh, N.C. by Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg News.
Re: Immigrant Brain Waste
As these folks have such skills and natural aptitude, and as most come from developing countries, wouldn't it be best to facilitate their return to their homelands? This would help populations in dire need of their services and smarts. Moreover, it makes little sense to import people to do jobs that Americans definitely will do. If America needs more doctors or nurses, then we should be trying to expand opportunities for our own. See this.
Posted by: Mitchell Young | November 14, 2008 at 08:23 AM