Quote of the Day

 From a Washington Post story about a speech given by the President a few days ago:

UPDATE, 10:45 AM: Yen Chen, automotive business statistical analyst at the Center for Automotive Research, says CAR's analysis of Big Three auto data shows this statistic is correct. The Detroit Three are expected to add 10,000 hourly and 5,000 salaried workers this year, from a base of 115,805 hourly workers and 56, 432 salaried workers. That's an increase of about eight percent in each case. More than 16,000 hourly workers were added in 1991, but from a much higher base--440,000-- and 10,000 were also added in 1995, when there were 433,000 hourly workers. Meanwhile, salaried workers have been on a steady decline since 1990 (when the big Three employed 157,000). 

 The story quibbles with the President about all kinds of stuff, but I think this paragraph contains the most important information: 20 years ago the Big Three auto makers employed over twice as many people as they do now. That's a big change.

I wonder how things are in Korea.

Via Roberta X.