Furor grows over partisan car dealer closings

ohio county wrote:If we are going to pre-empt the market and set hourly wages for skilled crafts then we ought to entertain the notion of setting limits on executive pay and perks. Interfering with the market is interfering with the market...

That's exactly where there going OC. Obama's just trying to finish what FDR started.

Aaron wrote:

ohio county wrote:If we are going to pre-empt the market and set hourly wages for skilled crafts then we ought to entertain the notion of setting limits on executive pay and perks. Interfering with the market is interfering with the market...

That's exactly where there going OC. Obama's just trying to finish what FDR started.

Everyone will need an increase in pay if that new 25% AVT (Added Value Tax) the Democrats are talking about is passed by Congress.

Obama would sign that in a heartbeat.



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If I hated socialism with such a passion, I would reject my Social Security & Medicare benefits. After all. two wrongs dont make a right...

Hacker wrote:If I hated socialism with such a passion, I would reject my Social Security & Medicare benefits. After all. two wrongs dont make a right...

I will, just as soon as you reject your Pension Check and forego your Hospitalization and Medical benefits.



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Under the Obamessiah's reign everyone is equal--but, party members are more equal than others. GET OVER IT! OBAMA WON! GENERAL MOTORS IS NOW "GOVERNMENT MOTORS!"

Perhaps if GM made cars that Americans actually wanted, they wouldn't be in this pickle.

Also, keli, it is pathetic - your hiding behind this avatar.

OC,

I don't advocate the government setting wages at the bottom or the top. My curiosity is based on what wages are sustainable as far as manufacturing goes, and if hourly wages and legacy costs are what did in GM, then it is likely that no amount of government subsidy, other than complete, is going to make GM a "success." As far as I can tell, deals were made with the UAW many moons ago without any idea of the competition that was coming, and when cars were being made that actually ran, the previous deals were no longer workable.

Hi Terry,

I agree. I have purchased two new "American" cars and they have both been very disappointing.

But..but.. I'm a Socialist, especially on the 1st of the month... when I get my Social Security check

I have no labels, Dem on day, Repug the next. However, I usually vote for the man that can make a sentence out of more than 3 words...

Hacker,

That's preciously irrelevant. Someone can be a well-spoken maniac. Or, someone bad with words but good with policy.

I have no use for eloquence when the substance is lacking. Obama is learning right now that well placed words and trisyllabic ability cannot fix a failing economy.