Did you read the article about General Motors and felt it may as well have been a blank page?

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With all that is going on with General Motors and Chrysler and how it impacts so many lives I thought there may have been an interesting article today on Yahoo.

It talked about 1700 General Motors dealerships may have to close as part of the restructuring plan.

Where was the beef to the article or even the tires?  Nothing was pointed out what the compensation would be to the owners of the dealerships or if there isn’t compensation could that trigger a set of lawsuits?  There was brief mention that there are competitors that would consider a purchase of the Hummer and Saturn divisions of General Motors.  How about names or even a rumor?  Not one mention.

The article contained as many good words as a mime.

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My own Stimulus Package 2 computers per household

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The political parties all have their thoughts on stimulus packages.  How about the government takes some of the zillions that went into the pockets of the greedy of the greedy and makes sure every home has 2 computers.

Why two?  Have you ever had one break down?  The frustration of getting tech support on the phone (especially if it is free) could be the first reason.  After talking with the customer service for 3 hours 7 minutes and 48 seconds today to attempt to get a friend’s computer working again it was determined it needed a new part.

Enter scene 2.  The new part has to be shipped 2 day air.  The friend has no computer and can only hope when the part arrives they made the proper determination.  However with the Consumer Friend Plan there would be a back-up machine all smiles and ready to boot up.

Think of how this would stimulate the economy.  Millions of computers would have to be built and sold (creating jobs), more software would be sold, more tech support needed and so on.  Before you know it there would be a growth in the job market.

Even if the computer stimulus would only cover the first 1000 dollar, you could still get something decent, or add on to it.

From the consumer side of the road thanks for visiting and please stop by again.