A New Auto Plant is Coming (really)

They build in GA rather than an old US plant because there is less chance unions will get a foothold. They can't risk unionization because it kills profitability.

Why are the labor,environmntal,and other laws/regulations we have seen fit to live under ourselves no good anymore,We buy all our stuff from countries that don't have the benefits and protections we have and make fun of unions that were a large part of making these things possible and help keep it that way. Union greed/corruption is wrong but every time(actually continually) business or governmental folks do whatever they can to enrich themselves,we don't call for an end of capitalism or democratic government. Think about it as you see the continual hemorrage of jobs to countries unburdened by the things we used to believe in.Pensions,job security,health benefits.It does not have to be that way. the consumer allways ultimately controls commerce. When we do not care where something is made you see what we get. If we bought only our own products as much as possible,the same market forces that made companies leave would bring them back. Not politicians or anyone else could fight it. The mentality that makes fun of these concepts is what has put us where we are.....

I was about to purchase a GM car, but now I will not consider buying one of their cars. I’m not going to support socialism. I believe the UNION is corrupting the government.

In response to Jason (above)...you see WWII veterans driving imports because of PRICE. The last time I shopped for pickups, I could save a TREMENDOUS amount by going with imports. When the price of vehicles nears the price of a house just a generation ago, you start realizing that those dollars go to unions & unionized workers. I'll keep my money. Now who's working. It didn't take $30 per hour to get someone to put in the same bolt hour after hour. Reasonable went out the window..........think about it.

I work for a supplier for Hyundia..Although sales are down, we are still employed and we DO NOT have union interference..If "card check" passes, i expect that to change and I will soon be looking for another job becaused of union incompetence and greed..I do not feel sorry for the problems the big 3 are having..Unions were the main reason and my tax dollars will ensure these companies stay afloat..From now on the government will decide what cars are to be produced and what the pay will be..Not a good day for America.

UAW members can be proud to have built cars and trucks. That's more than some union haters can say.

Great news for a small town!!! Just don't let the UAW(U Ain't Workin) in there. EVERY town that has had a strong union presence has died hard: Allentown, Detroit, Peoria, Milwaukee, Decatur, Pittsburgh,.................... Only after the Union is gone, or major layoffs occur, do these towns turn around. How long before Detroit comes back? If ever. Socialism DOES NOT WORK.......Because somebody has to. Keep the town UNION FREE and you'll have a winner. YOu can't pay someone who isn't working. See ya UAW!!! Your socialist time has run out. 20,000 more layoffs today. Yeh, I want to be a part of that. Sympathy to the hard working sons a guns, Good Luck to you.

You guys (fox news) are a joke. That is great news to you that we are paying KIA 400 million dollars to build a plant in Georgia. I don't see how this is good for the country. The whole problem in this country is that we all want to make union wages, yet everyone wants to buy products that some other country is getting all the profits for. Try finding something made in America in Walmart. Sure, Toyota, Honda, KIA, and whoever else build plants here hire some workers but where are the profits going? I am sick and tired of seeing WWII veterans driving around in Toyotas.

It is unfortunate that the mainstream media outlets fail to focus on the successful auto industry that exists in the U.S. In addition to Kia, Volkswagen is building a new facility in Tennessee, Hyundai built a new plant in the south several years ago, and of course there are the Toyota and Subaru operations, among others, that are struggling but holding their own and ready for the economy to rebound. Decades ago, consumers "voted with their feet" when the "Big 3" failed to produce reliable, quality vehicles that the consumers wanted to buy. Their sales shares were declining even in the best of economic times. That Ford and GM are now making an effort to learn from their mistakes is too little, too late. I believe that the future of the auto industry in the U.S. lies with the "foreign" manufacturers that have set up shop here and are meeting the consumers' needs.

sending more money and wealth overseas. It would be interesting to see 10 years from now how much of that money is actually recouped in taxes and service charges as in water, sewer, electric, etc. Why not buy a closed gm or chrysler plant for pennies on the dollar and ramp up and tool up there. This is great for Georgia now but somehow I feel it will cost them in the long run. Good luck.

This is the epitome of the "Detroit" situation. Without union brinksmanship and excessive compensation requirements, US based factories can compete just fine. It's only the full pay for furloughs and other requirements forced on the big three via threats of company-killing strikes that caused them to be barely viable during some of the biggest boom years of auto production in history. Unfortunately, it appears that the UAW is in the process of actually killing two of the big three (barring an absurdly stupid govt rescue) and crippling the US auto industry for decades.