[TreyS]

Dealerships are major job providers in small towns and provide some of the better jobs. Salespeople, loan officers, etc.

Think replacing local grocery stores with Walmart. Low end jobs stay, high end jobs go away. Further hurts small towns.

My guess is that a good chunk of the efficiencies from this model will go to Ford corporate so it’s a wealth transfer from small towns to big co managers / stockholders.

[qgin]

Semi-counterpoint: Walmart pays hourly workers more than any of the mom-and-pop retail in my hometown.