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DEAR MR. OBAMA... CAN U FIX THIS PART OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY?
Today I heard president-elect Obama say that our auto industry is failing and needs our help.
Great. Let's help. Um... I have an opinion on how per my experience today.
- Car breaks.
- Car towed per AAA service I pay for.
- Car serviced.
- Parts $101
- Labor $188 or $94 per hr. for 2 hours.
- Actual time it took to do the job including the paperwork per my bill: 50 minutes.
Reality: My wife works as a substitute teacher. She has to work 16 hours to make what it took the car dealership 50 minutes to make.
Are you kidding me? 2 days of work to teach our kids verses less than an hour to fix my ignition? Can your cool new financial policy solve that discrepancy please?
3 comments:
The sad part is that the tech gets paid for his hours at work. The dealership just profited an extra hour and a quarter labor charge that came out of your pocket. The good shops give you the benefit if it takes less than the book time.
If you really want to make a difference, get the new health policy to correct the discrepancy between the amount the hospital bills and the amount they accept in full payment from the insurance company and/or medicare. The final payment can be as little as 25% of the original bill. The guy without insurance has no one to negotiate down his bill, so he is saddled with the full original charge.
Dad
You have become a typical liberal... expecting the fed govt to fix your problems :-)
Don't worry. He's going to fix all our problems! You asked for it.
Ed
If he asks, I'll be sure and tell him not to fix any for you Ed :)
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