To: TigerLikesRooster; PAR35; bamahead; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; ...
2 posted on
11/17/2008 9:27:09 AM PST by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
why do the right thing when you can make a crappy car and still get bailed out
4 posted on
11/17/2008 9:30:38 AM PST by
ari-freedom
(So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
To: TigerLikesRooster
"The UAW gave 99 percent of its $1.8 million in campaign donations to Democrats in this year's election."
We should all contact Republican Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and James DeMint of South Carolina with encouragement and thanks for standing up against the bailout for the "big three"...and "cc" your own Congresscritters, no matter which party they are in.
Just say "NO" to automotive bailout. If they are failing, let them fail. The unions picked the party they wanted to support, and I say NO to using any of my money to support them when they fall backwards. THey should have kept the 1.8 million they gave the democrats.
Cockroaches all, feeding furiously until the lights come on, then, they scurry for cover.
7 posted on
11/17/2008 9:39:28 AM PST by
FrankR
(Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
To: TigerLikesRooster
Toyota's wage costs to the company average $48 per hour; GM's average $73. These are U.S. rates in today's
Pittsburgh Tribune Review Ralph Reiland column.
The Toyota worker may live in Kentucky or Tennessee where taxes are nowhere near as high as Michigan, but I doubt that the cost of living justifies the extra $25 per hour which the rest of us are supposed to chip in for the GM worker.
When are Oba Mao, George Soros, Warren Buffet and all the other rich liberals going to chip in to bring my wages up to at least Toyota standards?
9 posted on
11/17/2008 9:40:03 AM PST by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Good. Hopefully these vastly superior car companies can kill the UAW bailout.
10 posted on
11/17/2008 9:42:03 AM PST by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Hopefully Wicker and Cochran can remember Nissan in Canton MS, and the new Toyota plant going in at Tupelo MS.......
11 posted on
11/17/2008 9:43:42 AM PST by
Sybeck1
(Million Minuteman March (Spring 2009))
To: TigerLikesRooster
One of the things parties do is deliver to their supporters. The UAW hit the streets for the dems big time this election cycle, and expect consideration in return. I can imagine that they'd be wiped out if the 'Big Three' reorganized. Keep close track of who votes for what in the next year or so. Act accordingly.
To: TigerLikesRooster
All these companies are proving how you can make good quality cars without having to go bankrupt.... and they’re doing it in the Big 3’s backyard everyday and more importantly, without the unions.
Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, Mercedes, and BMW are all examples of how to make cars for profitable companies without the anchor of unions dragging them down.
13 posted on
11/17/2008 9:46:50 AM PST by
L.McCullen
(Oh, it's going to hurt alright, it's going to be painful!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Realistic "CHANGE we can believe in"
50% cut in wages, pension, health care, no CEO bonuses for 6-12 months, then we'll see where they're at.
No "no consequences for bad decisions" bail-out. None.
Bankruptcy, meaning throw out all contracts, renegotiate wages, benefits. New business model which includes scaling down models, overhead, cut costs to the bone.
Welcome to the party, pal.
16 posted on
11/17/2008 9:58:46 AM PST by
RckyRaCoCo
(LIBERAL MEDIA PICKS GOP CANDIDATE STORY AT 11:00!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The biggest problem with a bailout is that there is no reason to think it will fix anything. If we dole out $25B now the car companies will be back in 6 months looking for the next installment.
The proposed financial help will do nothing but briefly postpone the inevitable. GM and Ford are burning through cash at an incredible rate. The weak economy and reduced demand only makes it worse.
The bailout is pure political pork.
To: TigerLikesRooster
25 posted on
11/17/2008 11:57:52 AM PST by
Fred
(The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism and BO is a WHINING marxist)
To: TigerLikesRooster
27 posted on
11/17/2008 3:43:02 PM PST by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yet not a single word addressing the fact that Japan, Germany and Korea all pay for their employees health care coverage and pensioner’s costs, so their auto manufacturers don’t have to add that cost into their products.
No, I’m not for an auto bailout. I think the best thing for them is to declare bankruptcy and force the UAW into concessions. That said, it is a fact that if the Big 3 had Uncle Sugar paying all of their employee’s and pensioners health and pension benefits, they would have be making a couple of thousand more per vehicle than they are.
Just clearing the air.
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