But stating it that way is, as Olbermann said, completely dishonest. The implication is obviously that each current employee is costing GM $70 per hour. It is as meaningful to divide their costs by the number of people in management and state their predicament as their cost per manager.

I'm sorry but under no logic is that what "accounts for their losses." If it were true, that it has nothing to do with such sucky management being in bed with Cheney and the oil companies demanding the CAFE standards being kept low, ignoring alternate fuel options to a decreasing resource, building non-innovative cars, etc., that the real problem for American cars has been their price because of unions....then, what are you saying? That Americans won't pay more for a car if it is good? Are you saying if they were cheaper people wouldn't be buying Hondas and Toyotas? We have Ram tough trucks and gas guzzling SUVs - where are our other quality cars. Or, is that the unions fault?

I have started looking for a new car. I started by looking American and my mechanic told me not to do it. And he is a flag-waving McCain supporter. He thinks I'll be happiest in a Honda. We're not talking money - we're talking good car.

Their math is completely bogus (just ask one of the workers who is NOT receiving $70 an hour) but there is no validity to that argument anyway.