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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:53 PM Original message |
It is black and white. Support the unions. Support the workers. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I second that.... |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. I predict |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:01 PM Original message |
Don't forget the "Retention Packages" during a bankruptcy |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Self Delete |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. If that happens I hope drastic action is taken against the those mention in the last sentence. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. OK |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Imprison any CEO who uses a dime of a bailout for debt service and not for jobs and pensions. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Bailout? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Does this look like a suggestion? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. First put restrictions on upper management. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Agreed. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. The workers aren't the recipients of the bailout. Management is. |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. If the "bailout" saves jobs, the workers are recipients. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Not if it turns their jobs to $10 an hour, non-union jobs and gives all the $ to CEOs. |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Count me in... |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. You are absolutely right! |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Do we support the unions better by handing over the $25 billion with no strings attached |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. this isn't a binary issue.... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. This same industry in 1941 went from making coupes and sedans to tanks and planes overnight. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. agreed, 100 percent.... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Absolutely, but giving the "assholes in charge" billions will not make this happen. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. They Said That In the 1990s When We Wanted Better CAFE Standards, Too |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. You DO understand that this MIGHT not help the workers much at all |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If management wants to control a bailout, let them put up their testicles as collateral. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. support the workers. give the bosses $$$$$$$. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes. I don't even want to hear anymore kvetching about Wal Mart anymore. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No one wants to see unions die |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It's better than letting them die. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. On this we can agree |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. Fuckin' A. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. A-fucking-MEN. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. Sorry, all this bail-out will do is finance their chapter 11 reorg, which will be |
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amitta (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. don't take the bait |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. So We Create A "Make Work" System? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. These three guys and other flunkies representing the companies making the Big 3 look bad |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It's Playing The Fear Card |
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ColoradoMagician (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. I support them |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. But see . . . when I read articles like THIS . . . |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Exactly, which requires a plan and a damn strict one on how the loan proceeds |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. whihc has ntohing to do with bailing out CEOs so they can send the money to their new factory in |
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