tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post7387071438007890597..comments2008-11-13T06:39:42.305-08:00Dividend Growth Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197290990687067072noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post-41830636697995821572008-11-11T06:54:00.000-08:002008-11-11T06:54:00.000-08:00Its really a bad situation and the economic climate isn&#39;t helping but as I wrote about GM a few months ago there are a number of competitive disadvantages that it possesses that haven&#39;t changed in some time. The world moves too fast to not anticipate changes and the sad reality is that despite building better cars they haven&#39;t met consumer wants &amp; needs. Almost everything they do is reactive vs. competition instead of being proactive and paving the way through innovation that they did years ago.<BR/>They&#39;ve also gotten used to freebies from governments concerned with jobs and instead of using that money wisely they&#39;ve continued to sputter. I think GM &amp; Ford exist 5 years from now, but not after a painful restructuring behind the protective curtain of chapter 11.Nurseb911http://www.nurseb911.com/noreply@blogger.com