I couldn't agree more!!!! This guy is right on the money.
Here is an opinion from an auto industry supplier of many years. DJ
*This guy Knox is for real. I heard him talk about it on the radio
Yesterday. He is being called by Congressmen, news organizations, etc.
For interviews. Check out his response to the president of GM North America
And pass it around.
* *Keith * *
Dear Employees & Suppliers, Congress and the
Current Administration will soon determine whether to provide immediate
Support to the domestic auto industry to help it through one of the most
Difficult economic times in our nation's history. Your elected officials
Must hear from all of us now on why this support is critical to our
Continuing the progress we began prior to the global financial
Crisis......................As an employee or supplier, you have a lot at
Stake and continue to be one of our most effective and passionate voices. I
Know GM can count on you to have your voice heard.* *Thank you for your
Urgent action and ongoing support.* *Troy Clarke President General Motors
North America *
*Response from:* *Gregory Knox, Pres. *
*Knox Machinery
Company Franklin, Ohio Gentlemen:* *In response to your request to contact
Legislators and ask for a bailout for the Big Three automakers please
Consider the following, and please pass my thoughts on to Troy Clark,
President of General Motors North America.* *Politicians and Management of
The Big 3 are both infected with the same entitlement mentality that has
Spread like cancerous germs in UAW halls for the last countless decades, and
Whose plague is now sweeping this nation, awaiting our new "messiah",
Pres_elect Obama, to wave his magic wand and make all our problems go away,
While at the same time allowing our once great nation to keep "living the
Dream"... Believe me folks, The dream is over! This dream where we can
Ignore the consumer for years while management myopically focuses on its
Personal rewards packages at the same time that our factories have been
Filled with the worlds most overpaid, arrogant, ignorant and laziest
Entitlement minded "laborers"
Without paying the price for these atrocities...this dream where you still
Think the masses will line up to buy our products for ever and ever.* *Don't
Even think about telling me I'm wrong. Don't accuse me of not knowing of
What I speak. I have called on Ford, GM, Chrysler, TRW, Delphi, Kelsey
Hayes, American Axle and countless other automotive OEM's throughout the
Midwest during the past 30 years and what I've seen over those years in
These union shops can only be described as disgusting.*
*Troy Clarke,
President of General Motors North America, states: "There is widespread
Sentiment throughout this country, and our government, and especially via
The news media, that the current crisis is completely the result of bad
Management which it certainly is not." You're right Mr.
Clarke, it's not JUST management...how about the electricians who walk
Around the plants like lords in feudal times, making people wait on them for
Countless hours while they drag ***...so they can come in on the weekend and
Make double and triple time...for a job they easily could have done within
Their normal 40 hour work week. How about the line workers who threaten
Newbies with all kinds of scare tactics...for putting out too many parts on
A shift...and for being too productive (We certainly must not expose those
Lazy bums who have been getting overpaid for decades for their horrific
Underproduction, must we?!?)* *Do you folks really not know about this
Stuff?!? How about this great sentiment abridged from Mr. Clarke's sad plea:
"over the last few years ...we have closed the quality and efficiency gaps
With our competitors."
What the hell has Detroit been doing for the last 40 years?!? Did we really
JUST wake up to the gaps in quality and efficiency between us and them? The
K car vs. The Accord? The Pinto vs. The Civic?!? Do I need to go on? What a
Joke!* *We are living through the inevitable outcome of the actions of the
United States auto industry for decades. It's time to pay for your sins,
Detroit.*
*I attended an economic summit last week where brilliant economist, Alan
Beaulieu, from the Institute of Trend Research, surprised the crowd when he
Said he would not have given the banks a penny of "bailout money".
"Yes, he said, this would cause short term problems," but despite what
People like politicians and corporate magnates would have us believe, the
Sun would in fact rise the next day... And the following very important
Thing would happen...where there had been greedy and sloppy banks, new
Efficient ones would pop up...that is how a free market system works...it
Does work...if we would only let it work..."* *But for some nondescript
Reason we are now deciding that the rest of the world is right and that
capitalism doesn't work _ that we need the government to step in and "save
us"...Save us my ***, Hell _ we're nationalizing...and unfortunately too
many of our once fine nation's citizens don't even have a clue that this is
what is really happening...But, they sure can tell you the stats on their
favorite sports teams...yeah _ THAT'S really important, isn't it...* *Does
it ever occur to ANYONE that the "competition" has been producing vehicles,
EXTREMELY PROFITABLY, for decades in this country?... How can that be???
Let's see... Fuel efficient... Listening to customers...
Investing in the proper tooling and automation for the long haul...* *Not
being too complacent or arrogant to listen to Dr. W. Edwards Deming four
decades ago when he taught that by adopting appropriate principles of
management, organizations could increase quality and simultaneously reduce
costs. Ever increased productivity through quality and intelligent
planning... Treating vendors like strategic partners, rather than like "the
enemy"... Efficient front and back offices... Non union
Environment...*
*Again, I could go on and on, but I really wouldn't be telling anyone
anything they really don't already know down deep in their hearts.* *I have
six children, so I am not unfamiliar with the concept of wanting someone to
bail you out of a mess that you have gotten yourself into _ my children do
this on a weekly, if not daily basis, as I did when I was their age. I do
for them what my parents did for me (one of their greatest gifts, by the
way) _ I make them stand on their own two feet and accept the consequences
of their actions and work through it.* *Radical concept, huh... Am I there
for them in the wings? Of course _ but only until such time as they need to
be fully on their own as adults..* *I don't want to oversimplify a complex
situation, but there certainly are unmistakable parallels here between the
proper role of parenting and government. Detroit and the United States need
to pay for their sins.*
*Bad news people _ it's coming whether we like it or
not. The newly elected Messiah really doesn't have a magic wand big enough
to "make it all go away." I laughed as I heard Obama "reeling it back in"
almost immediately after the final vote count was tallied..."we really might
not do it in a year...or in four..." Where the Hell was that kind of talk
when he was RUNNING for office.* *Stop trying to put off the inevitable
folks ... That house in Florida really isn't worth $750,000... People who
jump across a border really don't deserve free health care benefits... That
job driving that forklift for the Big 3 really isn't worth $85,000 a year...
We really shouldn't allow Wal_Mart to stock their shelves with products
acquired from a country that unfairly manipulates their currency and has the
most atrocious human rights infractions on the face of the globe...* *That
couple whose combined income is less than $50,000 really shouldn't be living
in that $485,000 home... Let the market correct itself folks _ it will. Yes
it will be painful, but it's gonna' be painful either way, and the bright
side of my proposal is that on the other side of it all, is a nation that
appreciates what it has...and doesn't live beyond its means...and gets back
to basics...and redevelops the patriotic work ethic that made it the
greatest nation in the history of the world...and probably turns back to
God.*
*Sorry _ don't cut my head off, I'm just the messenger sharing with
you the "bad news". I hope you take it to heart.* *Gregory J. Knox,
President Knox Machinery, Inc.* *Franklin, Ohio 45005 *
Here is an opinion from an auto industry supplier of many years. DJ
*This guy Knox is for real. I heard him talk about it on the radio
Yesterday. He is being called by Congressmen, news organizations, etc.
For interviews. Check out his response to the president of GM North America
And pass it around.
* *Keith * *
Dear Employees & Suppliers, Congress and the
Current Administration will soon determine whether to provide immediate
Support to the domestic auto industry to help it through one of the most
Difficult economic times in our nation's history. Your elected officials
Must hear from all of us now on why this support is critical to our
Continuing the progress we began prior to the global financial
Crisis......................As an employee or supplier, you have a lot at
Stake and continue to be one of our most effective and passionate voices. I
Know GM can count on you to have your voice heard.* *Thank you for your
Urgent action and ongoing support.* *Troy Clarke President General Motors
North America *
*Response from:* *Gregory Knox, Pres. *
*Knox Machinery
Company Franklin, Ohio Gentlemen:* *In response to your request to contact
Legislators and ask for a bailout for the Big Three automakers please
Consider the following, and please pass my thoughts on to Troy Clark,
President of General Motors North America.* *Politicians and Management of
The Big 3 are both infected with the same entitlement mentality that has
Spread like cancerous germs in UAW halls for the last countless decades, and
Whose plague is now sweeping this nation, awaiting our new "messiah",
Pres_elect Obama, to wave his magic wand and make all our problems go away,
While at the same time allowing our once great nation to keep "living the
Dream"... Believe me folks, The dream is over! This dream where we can
Ignore the consumer for years while management myopically focuses on its
Personal rewards packages at the same time that our factories have been
Filled with the worlds most overpaid, arrogant, ignorant and laziest
Entitlement minded "laborers"
Without paying the price for these atrocities...this dream where you still
Think the masses will line up to buy our products for ever and ever.* *Don't
Even think about telling me I'm wrong. Don't accuse me of not knowing of
What I speak. I have called on Ford, GM, Chrysler, TRW, Delphi, Kelsey
Hayes, American Axle and countless other automotive OEM's throughout the
Midwest during the past 30 years and what I've seen over those years in
These union shops can only be described as disgusting.*
*Troy Clarke,
President of General Motors North America, states: "There is widespread
Sentiment throughout this country, and our government, and especially via
The news media, that the current crisis is completely the result of bad
Management which it certainly is not." You're right Mr.
Clarke, it's not JUST management...how about the electricians who walk
Around the plants like lords in feudal times, making people wait on them for
Countless hours while they drag ***...so they can come in on the weekend and
Make double and triple time...for a job they easily could have done within
Their normal 40 hour work week. How about the line workers who threaten
Newbies with all kinds of scare tactics...for putting out too many parts on
A shift...and for being too productive (We certainly must not expose those
Lazy bums who have been getting overpaid for decades for their horrific
Underproduction, must we?!?)* *Do you folks really not know about this
Stuff?!? How about this great sentiment abridged from Mr. Clarke's sad plea:
"over the last few years ...we have closed the quality and efficiency gaps
With our competitors."
What the hell has Detroit been doing for the last 40 years?!? Did we really
JUST wake up to the gaps in quality and efficiency between us and them? The
K car vs. The Accord? The Pinto vs. The Civic?!? Do I need to go on? What a
Joke!* *We are living through the inevitable outcome of the actions of the
United States auto industry for decades. It's time to pay for your sins,
Detroit.*
*I attended an economic summit last week where brilliant economist, Alan
Beaulieu, from the Institute of Trend Research, surprised the crowd when he
Said he would not have given the banks a penny of "bailout money".
"Yes, he said, this would cause short term problems," but despite what
People like politicians and corporate magnates would have us believe, the
Sun would in fact rise the next day... And the following very important
Thing would happen...where there had been greedy and sloppy banks, new
Efficient ones would pop up...that is how a free market system works...it
Does work...if we would only let it work..."* *But for some nondescript
Reason we are now deciding that the rest of the world is right and that
capitalism doesn't work _ that we need the government to step in and "save
us"...Save us my ***, Hell _ we're nationalizing...and unfortunately too
many of our once fine nation's citizens don't even have a clue that this is
what is really happening...But, they sure can tell you the stats on their
favorite sports teams...yeah _ THAT'S really important, isn't it...* *Does
it ever occur to ANYONE that the "competition" has been producing vehicles,
EXTREMELY PROFITABLY, for decades in this country?... How can that be???
Let's see... Fuel efficient... Listening to customers...
Investing in the proper tooling and automation for the long haul...* *Not
being too complacent or arrogant to listen to Dr. W. Edwards Deming four
decades ago when he taught that by adopting appropriate principles of
management, organizations could increase quality and simultaneously reduce
costs. Ever increased productivity through quality and intelligent
planning... Treating vendors like strategic partners, rather than like "the
enemy"... Efficient front and back offices... Non union
Environment...*
*Again, I could go on and on, but I really wouldn't be telling anyone
anything they really don't already know down deep in their hearts.* *I have
six children, so I am not unfamiliar with the concept of wanting someone to
bail you out of a mess that you have gotten yourself into _ my children do
this on a weekly, if not daily basis, as I did when I was their age. I do
for them what my parents did for me (one of their greatest gifts, by the
way) _ I make them stand on their own two feet and accept the consequences
of their actions and work through it.* *Radical concept, huh... Am I there
for them in the wings? Of course _ but only until such time as they need to
be fully on their own as adults..* *I don't want to oversimplify a complex
situation, but there certainly are unmistakable parallels here between the
proper role of parenting and government. Detroit and the United States need
to pay for their sins.*
*Bad news people _ it's coming whether we like it or
not. The newly elected Messiah really doesn't have a magic wand big enough
to "make it all go away." I laughed as I heard Obama "reeling it back in"
almost immediately after the final vote count was tallied..."we really might
not do it in a year...or in four..." Where the Hell was that kind of talk
when he was RUNNING for office.* *Stop trying to put off the inevitable
folks ... That house in Florida really isn't worth $750,000... People who
jump across a border really don't deserve free health care benefits... That
job driving that forklift for the Big 3 really isn't worth $85,000 a year...
We really shouldn't allow Wal_Mart to stock their shelves with products
acquired from a country that unfairly manipulates their currency and has the
most atrocious human rights infractions on the face of the globe...* *That
couple whose combined income is less than $50,000 really shouldn't be living
in that $485,000 home... Let the market correct itself folks _ it will. Yes
it will be painful, but it's gonna' be painful either way, and the bright
side of my proposal is that on the other side of it all, is a nation that
appreciates what it has...and doesn't live beyond its means...and gets back
to basics...and redevelops the patriotic work ethic that made it the
greatest nation in the history of the world...and probably turns back to
God.*
*Sorry _ don't cut my head off, I'm just the messenger sharing with
you the "bad news". I hope you take it to heart.* *Gregory J. Knox,
President Knox Machinery, Inc.* *Franklin, Ohio 45005 *
