Today, Mike Allen of The Politico reports that the Hussein administration, acting in its role as the most genius of all automotive geniuses, has announced that they are making deep cuts in the number of dealerships that they will allow to exist, going forward.
Allen reports an administration official telling him, “It’s important to understand what our role is and what it isn’t” the source said. “We are obviously very involved with these companies - we have a whole team of people here spending a lot of time with these companies. Among other things, we are certainly spending a lot of time on their business plans, including their dealer network and what the right size of the deal (dealership network) is.”
Allen’s source goes on, “But what we’re not doing is going on a micro level in terms of how many dealers should there be in the state of Kansas, who (how) many dealers should there be in Wichita - even, necessarily, how many dealers should there be across the country. We’re really vetting business plans. The company produces business plans - including dealers, including the size of the dealer footprint in the aggregate. We look at the numbers that fall out from that and offer thoughts. But we don’t sit there and go dealer by dealer.”
WHAT??? The Automobile Commissar is mandating deep cuts in the number of GM and Chrysler dealers, but the central planners are not dictating how many dealers will be in your neighborhood, or your region, or your state, and they’re not going to even dictate how many dealers there will be across the nation? WHAT???
Oh, but wait! Everything will be fine because the central planners are really doing a deep dive into the structure and operations of GM and Chrysler. Oh, REALLY??? Allen’s source says, “We’re really vetting business plans.” Oh, REALLY??? The source continues, “The company produces business plans - including dealers, including the size of the dealer footprint in the aggregate. We look at the numbers that fall out from that and offer thoughts. But we don’t sit there and go dealer by dealer.” Oh, REALLY???
BULLS&!#!!! Let me translate into simple english… We’re looking at everything in great detail in order to make broad, radical, sweeping changes in the American automobile industry, but we’re not actually looking at either the micro or macro business implications on the industry. But, we will dictate what you will make, how much it will cost, and we will slash the number of sales outlets, which is the only place where sales take place. And one other thing, you (GM and Chrysler) will no longer be allowed to advertise or sponsor events, which would get the brand names in front of where your potential customers spend their time. No sales people… No advertising! BRILLIANT!!!
The result? Well, according to John McEleney, Chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, these actions by the Automobile Commissar will cost American workers in the auto industry 200,000 jobs.
BRILLIANT!!!
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