“90% of the guys that buy Tacoma’s will never even use it for transporting rebels, let alone mount a 20mm cannon in it.”

None of this surprises me. My brother and sister-in-law are typical, uneducated, working poor. They have two full-size Chevy trucks that they bought used, on 6yr loans (and overpaid for at a dealership). And because they have shitty credit (of course), even with my Mother co-signing they are paying like 12% interest.

I know -- I thought it would be much lower! 🤔

It’s Harley, you probably need to add a ‘1' after the ‘$’

“Hurr hurr hurr, get off that thing and come check out a real bike over here, competitively priced against full size pickups.”

More likely scenario: too little too expensive.

Valid but stigma.

Hmmm, see Apple’s market value.  Good leadership can explain cash on hand, especially in cyclical industries.  Sadly the Automotive industry is the cesspool of business when it comes to “leadership.”

Yes...CEO’s should make more money than line workers by a factor of 100 or maybe 1000...That makes a ton of sense...And “normal working people” and their retirement? Never mind that half of them have zero interest in the market, and the average retirement aged American has about 5-7 years worth of savings in their…

on the odd chance a global pandemic happens?

Or, imagine this: rather than dumping millions upon millions of dollars into dividends, buybacks, and executive bonuses, a company prioritized employee pay and benefits and savings for bad times?

I don’t wish bad things for a single worker or anyone dependent on them, but it’s hard to watch all these companies that work only for the next quarter’s profit, and don’t care one whit for the long term impacts of their behavior, panic at not making money for 2 weeks, and to not experience a little bit of…

If the cruise line industry were to shut down, people would still be going on vacation and spending their money.... so the net impact on the U.S. economy might be neutral. This is kind of like saying Walmart adds jobs when they come to a small town.... not really at all since the locals were already buying their…

Tough shit, Florida. Those billions of dollars can find somewhere else to go, maybe even into something that isn't destroying the planet.

Well yes, but the OP was saying GM was wrong for doing just that, expecting appropriate payment for a product. 

Yes and no. No money is free. But if the use of it is over 5 or more years, how is that not an advantage? (And let’s presume that my finances are in good shape, that I have savings, live well within my means, and have at least a basic understanding of how this all works.)

Did you ever consider that there might be significant cost involved in modifying auto plants to build ventilators? It isn’t realistic to expect that they could build a product completely different from what they currently produce without substantial cost.

I’m not sure what “ventilators” you are looking at, but a high-acuity hospital ventilator generally costs between $30,000 and $50,000.

Oh come on now, Trump is the voice the country needs, let me explain: every time he tells a lie, we all drink a shot. The country will be so effin’ drunk after 30 seconds of him talking that we’ll all forget about the virus and generally have a good time!