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Wellstone ruled

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5. It would have been a total blood bath.

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 11:42 PM

Nov 2018

Especially with the Ford Announcement coming earlier this month.

So,what is the closest guess as to jobs Trump has eliminated---

Ford = 10% force reduction by years end including plant closings total Corporate Restructuring 8k management,unknown Labor production persons .

GM = 5 Plants 14k-20k with management

Verizon= 4k plus more to come in 2019.
Wonder if Donnie To Stupid is done winning yet?

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Bastard made grown men cry in Michigan [View all] tavernier Nov 2018 OP

When the rumour came out last night in canada that the Oshawa GM plant applegrove Nov 2018 #1

Not a happy Xmas in GM households this year. roamer65 Nov 2018 #2

But our media doesn't report on the effect of the tariffs enough. It needs to be repeated & repeated iluvtennis Nov 2018 #13

I fully agree with this Mystery sage Nov 2018 #27

GM said the tariffs are not directly responsible. former9thward Nov 2018 #34

Wanting SUVs and trucks won't be the buzz for long with gas prices going up. When gas was in the iluvtennis Nov 2018 #35

If GM had announced this last month it might've thrown a few more races our way. JudyM Nov 2018 #3

It would have been a total blood bath. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #5

Probably close to 100k jobs lost when u figure in all the suppliers and cottage businesses. roamer65 Nov 2018 #8

Excellent points. nt littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 #10

These are upper middle income jobs for the most part. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #12

pretty sure they planned it this way. bdtrppr6 Nov 2018 #32

Elections have consequences, like job killing tariffs. Don't vote for Republicans Michigan. TeamPooka Nov 2018 #4

We took a good first shot at them this year. roamer65 Nov 2018 #6

Go baby Go TeamPooka Nov 2018 #7

Congrats, Lordstown. OilemFirchen Nov 2018 #9

Yeah, everything Trump said was bullshit. But I can understand how they would believe him, kind of. rusty quoin Nov 2018 #11

But in the end with farmers plowing their crops back under, all those people losing their jobs .... Botany Nov 2018 #14

May I have your permission ellie Nov 2018 #22

Sure take it .... btw it needs a little help with its punctuation Botany Nov 2018 #23

Thank you! ellie Nov 2018 #24

He promised them tariffs and he delivered mathematic Nov 2018 #15

I wonder. Cha Nov 2018 #16

Even though they have been living off of those bad trade deals for decades. allgood33 Nov 2018 #21

Most who voted for Trump in 2016 will vote for him again if he's on the ballot in 2020. Garrett78 Nov 2018 #17

I can't believe that. tavernier Nov 2018 #18

He got 62 million votes in 2016. How many do you think he'll get in 2020? Garrett78 Nov 2018 #19

Fuck 'em. They knew what they were getting into. java108 Nov 2018 #20

If this was the first time maybe I could sympathize, but they did the same thing voting for Reagan, still_one Nov 2018 #26

Maybe they should've exercised critical thinking and reasoned that he was full of shit. NightWatcher Nov 2018 #25

racism trumped self interest. zonkers Nov 2018 #28

llegitimi non carborundum-Latin saidsimplesimon Nov 2018 #29

It is sad and disappointing folks can be so gullible sometimes RT Atlanta Nov 2018 #30

The question is, will all of those who fell for Trump's promises in 2016 elocs Nov 2018 #31

I remember Srkdqltr Nov 2018 #33

But they knew he was a liar, right? They were told over and over and over, right? Iggo Nov 2018 #36

There were many who didn't vote for him. tavernier Nov 2018 #37

OTOH if they stayed at home and didn't vote workinclasszero Nov 2018 #39

Whats that story about picking up a poisonous snake? workinclasszero Nov 2018 #38

I get no pleasure, but I have no sympathy. Coventina Nov 2018 #40