New GM

I just saw the new General Motors (GM) commercial that’s been airing since they filed for bankruptcy a few days ago. It makes it clear that there have indeed been wrong moves, and bloat, to put it diplomatically; but with this bankruptcy GM is not gone, but is instead remaking itself in preparation for a future where a smaller, more nimble automaker will be better placed to take on foreign competition and respond to the needs of the consumers the world over.

Let’s hope that this is not just spin because if America is to ever return to the times when “Made in America” meant quality wherever you went, we have to be more than a ‘service economy.’

America has to produce things again.

And we can’t do that without a competitive General Motors.