LIE: "The Big 3 Don't Sell Cars Americans Want to Buy"...  

The problem is the greed of everyone in the automotive industry and the change in the income tax system. My parents used to buy a new car every two years. When I bought my first car back in 1973 (a Chevy Vega), I traded it in after two years for a newer Chevy and continued to buy new vehicles every couple of years...year after year.

Then two things happened. You could no longer claim the interest paid on auto loans on your income tax and the price of new vehicles jumped. My husband and I still drive American vehicles...I drive a Ford F-series pick up and he drives a Dodge Ram. What's changed is that we've had them for about five years now and plan to pay them off. The last time we checked, prices had risen drastically yet the quality and features remained more or less the same. I, personally, don't need a pick up truck and would prefer to drive a car but I'm not paying a price that I find unreasonable for a mid-sized car.

Assembly line workers making $40-50 an hour to perform unskilled labor is at the top of the list in a case for mismanagement. Unions have negotiated higher wages and more benefits - much more than any other employer in the United States offers - and the auto makers have agreed to pay/provide them.

1) Ford F-series pickup
2) Chevy Silverado pickup
3) Toyota Camary mid size luxury
4) Honda Accord mid size luxury
5) Toyota Corolla Mid size luxury
I thought Americans wanted gas sipping sub compact tin cans.