Alabama's Economy Lifted by Auto Industry

[opebo]

It seems unlikely.  In the future a much smaller percentage of the population in the US will be able to afford an automobile, and of course wages in the Alabama auto industry are ridiculously low, so the industry will not become large like it was in the good times in Detroit.

[opebo]

You also don't need as many people to make cars as you used to with the automated factories.

Not to mention car sales are a fraction of what they once were.  Far more cars were sold in the 1970s and even in the 1980s with a much smaller population.  Lets face it, people are very poor now, only a tiny minority of them can afford new cars.

[opebo]

In the 1970s, there were still quite a few people purchasing the first car they had ever owned (or their first second car). 

That's absolutely ridiculous, wormyguy!  Or was that a typo?  Did you think we were discussing the 1920s?

[opebo]

That's not ridiculous at all.  In the 1970s many people moved from cities to suburbs and bought their first car.

Working class wages were much higher at the time, hence more cars were sold.

[opebo]

The main reason why fewer cars are sold these days is simply that they last longer...

No, the reason cars are kept longer are because people are poorer, TF.

[opebo]

Seriously though, shouldn't these workers (slaves) be suffering and not celebrating.  Don't there poor stupid bastards know how much more they could be making if they were a union shop?

They're just cringing victims, deadman.  Don't blame them for their pathetic sycophancy.

[opebo]

patrick, its deadman who's the one noter here.  The right is one note, and the left is one note. that is politics.  If you don't like it, leave.

[opebo]

patrick, its deadman who's the one noter here.  The right is one note, and the left is one note. that is politics.  If you don't like it, leave.

I thought you were in favour of free speech and all that? Or else, why don't you leave, given how much you complain about things here?

I was evaluating a friendly complaint from another poster, Gustaf, which had nothing todo with the censorship,or you.  Why do you push in?

[opebo]

Now you want me to shut up too?

When have I ever wanted otherwise?