Have you driven a Ford lately?

February 18th, 2009 | 5:57 pm | Posted in Current Events, Finance, Rants | 3 Comments »

Henry FordI haven’t.

In fact, I’m not sure I’d be caught dead behind the wheel of one (it’s an old story) but that isn’t to say that I don’t have a lot of respect for the company that makes them.

Especially these days!

By now, I’m sure that nearly everyone has heard about the domestic car companies begging the government for money. Again.

They’re on their knees looking for a bail out of sorts.

But one company stands alone — Ford.

They haven’t taken any money from the government.

Sure, it’s been offered to them, but they’ve refused, you know, claiming that they’ll be able to pull out of this on their own.

With that, wouldn’t it be a shame if they were the first domestic automaker to go out of business?

I really hope that doesn’t happen.

Though I guess that’s how things work now, financially speaking…

If you make the right move (morally or strategically), chances are, you’ll get screwed for being so wise.

Make all the wrong moves, on the other hand, and you’ll probably qualify to have the government bail you out.

How backward things have become…

Sigh…

3 Responses to “Have you driven a Ford lately?”

  1. Rush: Bail Out Losers… Punish Achievers » Pants in a Can Says:
    February 18th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

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  2. Grant Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    I like Ford. I like the tenacity to make the tough decisions when they need to be made, rather than taking the easy money.

    I suspect that down the road, GM and Chrysler may regret the governments “help”.

    I applaud Alan Mulally, and still have confidence in his leadership; something I can’t say for many other large caps these days.

    -Grant

  3. Brainy Smurf Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 5:49 am

    “I suspect that down the road, GM and Chrysler may regret the governments ‘help’.”

    Hi Grant! I actually think it’s going to be the other way around — the government is going to have egg on it’s face for giving money to companies that have lost their edge.

    I really can’t imagine GM or Chrysler surviving long term — the writing has been on the wall for at least a decade — but I hope, as in most areas, that as one or two of them fall, the remaining company (Ford) will flourish.

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