Toyota overtaking General Motors; what does this mean

I opened up the Detroit News this morning and almost threw up when I saw this story about Toyota outgunning GM in the automotive world.  For a guy who grew up and lived almost all his life in Michigan this is astounding news.

Is this inevitable?  We were able to put men on the moon when we all worked together.  Do we have to lose our manufacturing supremacy to another nation and, the irony, is that it's a nation that attacked us way back when?

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