Johan
03-30-2009, 07:52 AM
Mr. Union Buster is breaking the unions by declaring that GMC and Chrysler probably need bankruptcy. (http://www.nypost.com/seven/03302009/business/todaystarget_detroit_162032.htm)
The White House is playing serious hardball for the first time with its recovery cash.
The Obama administration auto task force today rejected the turnaround plans of General Motors and Chrysler and warned both could be put through bankruptcy to slash debts.
The government is expected to demand tough concessions from union workers and bond holders.
Add that to the list:
* Campaigned on lowering troop levels in Iraq/Afghanistan, and we have more troops there than when Bush left
* Campaigned on lowering the deficit, and apparently "lowering" actually means just bringing it down to double what Bush's worst deficit was during Bush's entire eight years...and only in several more years, not now, when the deficits are quadruple and higher than any presidency EVER in our history.
* Disingenuously proposed a carbon cap/trade program that Congress is avoiding passing because of its trillion-dollar economic price tag.
* Campaigned on cutting taxes for the middle and lower classes, and has agreed with Congress to let those tax cuts disappear in '10.
* Sides with the RIAA and fines of up to $150,000...just a huge 'what the hell?' (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/obama-sides-wit.html)
I find it fascinating and enlightening how little outcry there is from the left over Obama's "SURGE" in Afghanistan and his slow movement on the draw-down in Iraq. He has, however, done at least two things the left can be incredibly happy about; he has increased funding for killing babies around the world, and has enmeshed the government in private business to a degree not seen in our nation since World War II (in terms of government spending as a percentage of GDP, and in terms of dictating personnel, like Putin firing oil executives in communist Russia).
Change we can believe in, comrades! :rolleyes:
The White House is playing serious hardball for the first time with its recovery cash.
The Obama administration auto task force today rejected the turnaround plans of General Motors and Chrysler and warned both could be put through bankruptcy to slash debts.
The government is expected to demand tough concessions from union workers and bond holders.
Add that to the list:
* Campaigned on lowering troop levels in Iraq/Afghanistan, and we have more troops there than when Bush left
* Campaigned on lowering the deficit, and apparently "lowering" actually means just bringing it down to double what Bush's worst deficit was during Bush's entire eight years...and only in several more years, not now, when the deficits are quadruple and higher than any presidency EVER in our history.
* Disingenuously proposed a carbon cap/trade program that Congress is avoiding passing because of its trillion-dollar economic price tag.
* Campaigned on cutting taxes for the middle and lower classes, and has agreed with Congress to let those tax cuts disappear in '10.
* Sides with the RIAA and fines of up to $150,000...just a huge 'what the hell?' (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/obama-sides-wit.html)
I find it fascinating and enlightening how little outcry there is from the left over Obama's "SURGE" in Afghanistan and his slow movement on the draw-down in Iraq. He has, however, done at least two things the left can be incredibly happy about; he has increased funding for killing babies around the world, and has enmeshed the government in private business to a degree not seen in our nation since World War II (in terms of government spending as a percentage of GDP, and in terms of dictating personnel, like Putin firing oil executives in communist Russia).
Change we can believe in, comrades! :rolleyes: