Thread regarding Ford layoffs

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Don’t want to get political on this thread because a healthy company SHOULD be able to function in most political environments. It goes back to what the customer wants and will purchase. Most consumers want quality and in the absence of quality some will settle for a dirt cheap price. I don’t think we’re offering either right now.

There are many consumers who care about decreasing emissions and reducing fuel consumption and we need to compete for those customers too. If our only offerings are expensive high emission gas guzzlers we’ll be in a world of hurt if policies don’t change or gas prices spike. We won’t be able to correct quickly enough to save ourselves.

To poster @1eke+13kEl5oB

I'm the original poster......this has nothing to do with politics , climate change, or any other hot button issue your little socialist mind can think of. It has to do how Ford can't do ANYTHING correctly, from product launches to this, how we bumble and flub literally everything.

IF you must know, I didn't vote for current POTUS, nor the shrilly pant suited lady, either. In fact, i was one of over 70,000 people in Michigan who did not vote for anyone for president...cause there was no one I could support. Likely will do the same thing this year, as I literally do not see any of them who I can support. Does not really matter who is POTUS anyway, as neither that person nor congress really runs this country anymore, anyway.

I'm more libertarian, so I support your message of NOT expecting governments to fix our issues; however, curious you would support Ford for support a state government mandate. My two cents on climate change is this: let the market decide! If truly enough people decided that climate change is a real thing AND the products were great AND affordable, would not need state or Federal government to incentive people (either with money or laws) to buy BEV's, they would do so on their own.

All the automotives should stop playing games with people lives ('cause that is what they are doing, spending huge sums of money on items that will not every see ROI in our lifetimes, while chocking the workers with every increase layoffs) and let their products do the talking. Why is Toyota not being so agressive in BEV's and autonomous vehicles as most of the other automotives...what do they know that the others don't know?

I'm okay with being on the opposite side of the Trump admin. You can take your MAGA hat and go cry in the corner.

Plus, Ford should be pushing to meet the highest standards it can, banking on the Trump admin to lower standards would be id–tic especially when he could be gone at years end and you could have Sanders or Warren come in and raise the standards even higher. Time to stop hoping presidents fix our problems and just be better.