Here's a great idea; force inefficiency, ridiculous work rules, and other union-inspired impediments to competency on the network of foreign-owned auto plants already here in America. The Los Angeles Times has printed a ridiculous op-ed by Jonathan Cutler, a sociology professor at Wesleyan University. Cutler suggests we save the Big 3 auto companies  by inflicting the same type of policies that hurt them onto the foreign-owned auto plants here.It seemed clear from the hearings that to OK any larger bailout plan, Congress was going to insist on cutting labor costs. Already, Gettelfinger has coughed up concessions on job security protections and delayed payment to a retiree healthcare trust and is talking about modifying contracts.And yet there is nothing inherently unsustainable about employing a high-priced, unionized workforce. The crisis of Detroit's wage bill is entirely relative. Specifically, their labor costs far exceed the low-cost, nonunion American workforce at the...(Read Full Post)