Hello!!!! The de-manufacturization of the U.S. didn't just start 9 months ago!
That I have to agree with. Some say it started after WW2 but I think it really started in the 50's under Eisenhower.
The funny thing is, the New Hummer will be HQ'ed here in Michigan for some odd reason and they are talking about taking over one of the GM plants here in the state to build it after the 2012 change over of the plant.
I don't know what the big deal is, this is not an Iconic brand as everyone in the press claims, AM general is the real brand behind the name, not GM and the prestige of the vehicle is not from GM but AM general who stopped making the real Hummer in 2006. The LSSV, which is also sort of a GM product is produced by AM General by the way.
If China wants to build the thing here, so let's go... it is jobs. People like Penske, Kerkorkain and others had their chances to buy it and build it. Penske dropped his pursuit of Saturn which is a brand GM should keep, he did it because he could not be assured that GM would produce the car for him after 2011.
It is a shame that we have this mess but if GM were to fail and the peices picked up by other companies, it would have been a better place. The really sad news for many in my former profession at GM and EDS is the move to outsource IT to India. I haven't gotten the details yet but they seem to make the same move as Ford and Chrysler have talked about.