Capital Commerce

Toyota vs. The Big Three

By James Pethokoukis

December 22, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Somehow when Toyota's CEO says things like the following, I tend to believe him more than Detroit's guys: "We must change to become more slim, muscular and flexible." That was Katsuaki Watanabe on the company's first-ever operating loss.

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Do you mean to tell me that Tennessee's junior senator lied to me?

Toyota and the other foreign auto makers welcomed to Tennessee with all kinds of incentives (into the multi-million$$$) are the greatest. They make and sell wonderful products that cost nothing to operate, pay workers pennies a day and make all kinds of money (if you believe the likes of senator Corker).

It is only those rich gold bar hoarders of the UAW that rob the public and live the life of people like senator Corker (if you believe that they really do make $70 an hour like senator Corker claims).

Surely that is a misprint. Toyota cannot lose money. Not in Tennessee.

HillbillyBill of TN 11:39AM December 22, 2008

Do you mean to tell me that Tennessee's junior senator lied to me?

Toyota and the other foreign auto makers welcomed to Tennessee with all kinds of incentives (into the multi-million$$$) are the greatest. They make and sell wonderful products that cost nothing to operate, pay workers pennies a day and make all kinds of money (if you believe the likes of senator Corker).

It is only those rich gold bar hoarders of the UAW that rob the public and live the life of people like senator Corker (if you believe that they really do make $70 an hour like senator Corker claims).

Surely that is a misprint. Toyota cannot lose money. Not in Tennessee.

HillbillyBill of TN 11:39AM December 22, 2008

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