http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/…

4.7% of workers, sir.

Also, your (inaccurate) point is barely on topic, given that this isn’t really about what “the biggest employers in America” are looking for, rather just employers in general.

False...the dealerships are there to protect us, the consumer!

I read Subaru and then $61K... that woke me up right there!

Merit...pay?

Dealers definitely win here, assuming they stay in business. Consumer & salesman, not so much.

It depends on what you count as a cost - and as the product. Selling crap like the PT Cruiser, briefly trendy but harmful to a brand long-term is a cost, while the sales are the benefit. Selling something like the 959, a halo car, that has benefits that maybe aren’t obvious in the first analysis, but it was intended…

That is technically a 100% North American vehicle right there

How can you suggest that the Ferrari sell-off is a bad idea? It’s a very profitable luxury manufacturer that’s in direct conflict with Fiat’s other brands, so it’s best all round to sell it off. That way Maserati can go back to being a Ferrari competitor, Lancia can re-appear in between Alfa and Maserati, and Ferrari…

What complete nonsense. Do you have any evidence for any of those wild assertions?

“I wonder if there was ever a case that when companies have gotten bigger by acquiring other companies that it has ever paid off with better product?”

the profits go back to Japan

Doesn’t it matter more where the company invests those profits than where the HQ is ? Say company XYZ has HQ in the USA , does it really matter if the profits go the HQ in USA if XYZ in turn takes those profits and invests in China with new plants and hires Chinese workforce .

1. Hertz manages to rent me cars for a full day for way less than $100. No reason a dealership can’t do the same.

Synopsis (aka TL;DR)

You give Israel way to much credit. What exactly do you think they are going to do? Bomb them? Way to much infrastructure for them to attack, and way to far away to sustain the bombing campaign they would need to do. Nuke em? Yep, I guess they could do that, and then force every other middle-east country to try to get…

What do they think will actually persuade Iran to stop building? An agreement based upon mutually beneficial goals seems like a great place to start. When the intelligence committee finally does something worthwhile, I’ll stop taking a shot glass of salt with every single word they say.

Financially supporting terrorism hasn’t been a problem for our relationship with Arabian allies...

Mid-life crisis car would indicate you're trying too hard to get over the ex. Same with Porsche 911.