Obama: 'I Don't Want to Run Auto Companies'

[mrperson123]

It amazes me that people just sit back and takes this. If we just wait for him to to something without intervention, he will plunge us into something that will be very difficult to get out of. If obama gave his next speech in a Nazi uniform or USSR uniform (which actually would be appropriate for him) nobody would care. The media would not even report it. May i remind you, the soviet union collapsed, along with Nazi Germany. True socialism and fascism does NOT work.

[uindy]

"I don't want to run this...run that"...Ok, neither does the taxpayer want to foot the bill for companies that can't run a "business."

What is wrong with failure?

[bucko60]

if people say bush is the reason the economy plunged, then why was the dji at it's highest point ever at just over 14,000 in oct of '07? the economy plunged just before and during the election of obama, plunging especially hard in november. investors are scared of socialists taking their money, so they pull it out.

[dkkght46]

Just remember Ben Franklin's quote... 'DEMOCRACY IS TWO WOLVES AND A LAMB VOTING ON WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER. LIBERTY IS A WELL-ARMED LAMB CONTESTING THE VOTE!'

[dkkght46]

The new 2009 Obama Chrysler Coercion comes with a broken compass, no taxes, side mirrors you have to check every three seconds, a backseat driver, a nag for a wife, fine corinthian leather and a bumper sticker which reads "I pay lip service to our troops"

For your best deal see Barack, the $99 dollar down man...

[dkkght46]

The new 2009 Obama Chrysler Coercion comes with a broken compass, a backseat driver, fine corinthian leather and a bumper sticker which reads

"I pay lip service to the troops"

For your best deal see Barack, the $99 dollar down man...

[elijah5791]

LOL!!!

The "Chrysler Coercion!"

Please give us the "Chevy Impeacher," or the "GMC Filibuster!"

Haha!!!

[ggb618]

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[yfm4450]

Funny how everyone is a politition nowadays.

[ohkeepa2009]

search the OBAMA DECEPTION

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[plageroyale]

You two below are such dumb asses. How exactly is a socialist? Huh? Because he wants the middle & lower class to have money on which to survive? Considering you two are far from being billionaires (judging by your idiocy) then don't you want more money to spend or do you want to give it to the 1% rich population like we have been doing? Slavery is over you idiots. Too bad racism (like yours) will never be over.

[elijah5791]

plageroyale asked: "How exactly is [Obama] a socialist?"

Hey, moron, do you even know what what Socialism is? Here's the definition:

"Socialism refers to...[GOVERNMENT] OWNERSHIP AND ADMINSTRATION OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION (Ex. - U.S. Auto Industry)..., and a society CHARACTERIZED BY EQUALITY FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS, with an EGALITARIAN METHOD OF COMPENSATION." (Wikipedia)

Now, you tell us how Obama is NOT a Socialist?

[benympls]

1st of all elijah your using wikipedia as a source? a site then ca be edited by anyone isnt the best place for researching but even using their defination he has missed the key difference between socialism and fascism is the equal compensation(wages) part, in reality he[president Obama] urged unions to lower their wages more so than they already said they would, so the unions realize the reality of the market agreed to change contracts and then agreed to lower them further, THATS NOT SOCIALISTIC

[elijah5791]

benympls, let's examine this:

Q - Has Obama made moves for the government to take over sectors of the economy formally only controlled by private industry?

A - Yes. Auto, banking, & finance, so far.

Q - Does he believe that we should move society to a more egalitarian compensation for all citizens, where everyone will get similar wages and benefits?

A - Yes, and he is acting to make that happen through tax policies, and social progam reforms like healthcare.

Conclusion: He is a Socialist.

[tomanyasses]

well said

[benympls]

The Finance he just pumped full of money with pretty much the lightest regulation you could put on 350 billion and the Banking pretty much the same but a little bit more strings but not really. And the compensation is not happening the way Glen Beck is telling you it is, America has the biggest wealth seperation of any country in the world and thats not going to change, doctors and teachers arent going to be paid the same, get real. What he and Bush did is actually closer to fascism. read more!

[elijah5791]

(cont'd)

benympls, this is not really earth-shattering news that Obama is a Socialist. If you read his book, listen to his plans, pay attention to his policy changes, watch his actions, you cannot escape the conclusion that he is a Socialist, even if he denies it. For God sakes, the man reveres people like Che Guevara!

I know there is a stigma with that label -- and rightly so because Socialism is evil -- but the guy just needs to own it. It is who he is, so he should just admit it.

[Calamanatione]

Socialism isnt evil, without socialism there would be no police or firemen... so no its not evil... but i will agree that there need to be limits

[elijah5791]

Calamanatione said, "Socialism isnt evil, without socialism there would be no police or firemen..."

WTF? Are you seriously that ignorant? You seriously have no idea what Socialism is, do you?

Do you realize that Socialism is a product of nineteenth century philosophical, and economic, theory? Do you also realize that they had policemen and firemen long before that time? Sheesh, educate yourself a little, before opening your mouth.

[Calamanatione]

well what i was getting at is that sending funds to something that helps society as a whole isnt evil, in that sense paying for the police or firemen can be considered socialistism? Sheesh, read between the lines or better yet ill make myself more clear next time

[elijah5791]

First, police and firemen are essential to a free society. Second, those services are not handled at a federal level, but rather at a local one. They are completely invalid to your point. Third, Socialism isn't the same as "publicly funded services." That is part of it, but it's much greater than that.

Socialism seeks to transfer all power and wealth into the hands of the political elite, through heavy taxation, and government control of private industry. The government owns you!

[benympls]

well to say anything is evil besides child rape is foolish, socialism has some upsides, regulations are a good thing but finding that balance point between too much and too little is hard but to have none is just as much as a fantasy as communism working, both extremes really on people always doing whats best and that rarely happens in real life. If you dont close a loop hole that can be expolited than it will be. your writtings are full of passion but are very idealistic.

[TheTableImprov]

people that mention this 1% thing are kool aid drinkers. instead of talking about that talk about Progressive taxation.

[geetryflb]

This fraud already IS running GM and Chrysler. Obama will destroy the auto companies, banks, healthcare, energy and education. Obama is a socialist fake.

[sauceyboy]

they destroyed themselves while bush was in office you ignorant, ugly fuck.

[pshizle]

socialist fuck thinks he can run businesses

[veromor5]

There he go again...lying to the general public and doing another. Where's his integrity!

The govenment can run itself, how do we expect it to run a car company. This the first steps toward Nationalism and this doesn't work. Look at Venezuela.

[herodotall]

Im more eligible.

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[DPKFOUR7]

"We cant expect the American people to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they wake up one day to find that they have Communism."~ Nikita Kruschev

[putittogether]

Just say it is not so Mr. President, say it again and tap your heals three times "I don't want to run the auto companies", and everybody will belive you...

[ipbalkenende]

@put

Why on earth would Obama want to run the auto companies except as a temporary job vehicle? When businesses start hiring again GM can fail. Until then it is cheaper to bail them out than to let them fail. I mean honestly what liberal principle says the government should run auto companies.. It makes no sense except to paranoid loons like you.

[wardcreek]

this is campaign payback to the unions that supported him during his campaign - which is still going on I might add-the auto companies are secondary

[TheTableImprov]

Unions run California. But California can't just print more money when its deficit gets too big.

[JEREMIAHWAZABULLFROG]

(7th Plank of the Communist Manifesto)Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

[ipbalkenende]

@JERMIAH

Well I guess now that Chrysler is being privatized again you can stop being such a paranoid moron huh?

[Bellita1]

Yeah right Monkey. That is why you fired the CEO of GM. The out come of GM is entirely due to your decision. You are 100% responsible for GM

[ipbalkenende]

@Bellita

Hahaha you ignorant inbred redneck how the hell is that supposed to be threatening to Obama? Every day that GM continues to exist is a day it exists because of Obama if they fail a year from now or not long after this economic crisis is over nobody will have anything on their conscience. GM was saved because it is one of the cheapest ways to maintain tens of thousands of jobs at this critical time. When companies are hiring again GM failing won't matter.

[Bellita1]

You young stupid fool. You aren't old enough to know what you are talking about. First of all, I made no threat towards NObama. Second, NObama replaced the head of GM, so yes NObama is running the auto industry.

[ipbalkenende]

You dumbass you don't know what I said. Obama has nothing to lose with respect to GM or it's stakeholders, so it doesn't matter what happens to GM going forward. You said something akin to "Obama YOU are responsible for GM now!" that may well be but every day they have a job is a day they have it by the grace of Obama. If they lose it they can't complain because they'd lost it months ago.

[Bellita1]

Then why is NObama lying to the country saying he doesn't want to run the Auto Industry when he clearly does? Please answer you stupid MotherF----er.

[therealcaptobvious]

actions speak louder than words.

If he didn't want to run auto companies, then don't give them a bailout AT ALL!

What a liar.

[Calamanatione]

cant afford the job loss that would happem

[therealcaptobvious]

they're shipping the jobs overseas. They're losing those jobs anyways.

Obama is no better than the old CEO. At least in the private sector the Board of Directors have the ability to kick out a bad CEO.

[Calamanatione]

when they needed bailout money the first time the US became a stakeholder... as stakeholders go they make decisions like voting on CEO firing

[Bellita1]

Calamanatione, That is true but it is the board of Directors that makes that choice NOT the president. The US government isn't even the majority stakeholder so how does NObama make that decision? If I own 10 shares of GM can I fire him?

[therealcaptobvious]

I want my proxy.

[dkkght46]

Years ago many people said that when the U.S. got a black president that pigs would fly.

After just 100 days, swine flu.

[fantasypop13]

hah

[JanaMurray67]

you have plenty of thuggish friends who will do it for ya....

[shooter348]

As usual you take just the opposite of what this man says to get the truth. If he didn't want to run auto companies he would have let them go into bankruptcy, get sold off in pieces, and we would have a new and better auto industry. Same with the banks, but in reality he does want to control every aspect of your economy and your life.

[wardcreek]

i agree if you listen to what he says and then apply exactly the opposite you will always know what he's up to - the conservatives should pay attention to this

[ipbalkenende]

@ward

Conservatives of course have good experience and history in doing the exact opposite of what they say "we will grow the economy!" meanwhile the only post depression democrat to do worse than ANY post war republican is Carter with 3% growth instead of Reagan's 3.3% growth. Nobody comes close to FDR's 9% annual growth for 12 years.

[therealcaptobvious]

@ipbalkenende, you're an idiot.

The government doens't increase the economy, the people do.

True conservatives want to stop government from meddling so that the people can grow the economy.

People are liberals because this context is way too hard for them.

[ipbalkenende]

Well moron I propose people who grow the economy by 9% a year obviously have a better idea 'what makes the eocnomy grow' than those who grow it at 1.5% a year. Cpt Oblivious you are an idiot.

[therealcaptobvious]

And Obama is propping people up who kill the economy. How exactly is that going to save it? moron.

[ipbalkenende]

"And Obama is propping people up who kill the economy. How exactly is that going to save it?"

LOL is that supposed to make any sense? Tell us what you're really thinking. Under FDR, JFK and LBJ the economy did great under Bush, his son, Ford and Eisenhower the economy was complete shit.

[TheTableImprov]

can't you guys have a discussion without calling each other stupid, or idiot, or morons?  both of you are idiots.

[ipbalkenende]

If someone calls me an idiot I respond, especially if his comments are completely idiotic and add nothing to the conversation.

[oFamous1]

Do you understand why FDR had a high growth rate? When you are rock bottom, it is easy.

[ipbalkenende]

@ofamous

Yes when you're rock bottom it's easy, but even still FDR managed to beat the trend growth rate (if you extrapolate a line) of the booming 20s even after the economy had been turned into rubble. That my friend, is not easy and is simply incredible. How did JFK and LBJ manage their incredible growth rates btw?

[TheTableImprov]

if you were a real businessman you would realize that "growth" is finite. an intelligent investor knows this and looks at his investments in these ways. you think it is realistic to have 9% annual growth every year from then on? thats like being in the shoelace business thinking you are going to sell a million pairs of shoe laces to every citizen. every year. forever.

[ipbalkenende]

@TheTable

What point are you even trying to make? I disagree with your statement that growth is finite but I would agree 10% annual growth is not going to last forever. But I really don't see any critique of either FDR or JFK?LBJ in your comment. If we assume growth is finite and FDR was on the upper bound of that finite growth isn't that impressive?

[Calamanatione]

really all those jobs gone because of bankruptcy that wouldnt just kill a vital industry in america but more peoples lives

[4U2TakeBackAmerica]

Obama is Dangerous and Bitter. Where is the Birth Certificate? Wheres the money gone? Who are his controllers?

Search Youtube: Hal LIndsey - Global Government Rising

[JCRReality]

4u2.. YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT ! .. FOLLOW THE MONEY!!.. LETS FIND OUT WHO REALLY PUT THIS EMPTY SUIT INTO OFFICE . I PERSONALLY WANT TO KNOW WHERE EVERY PENNY CAME FROM.. THIS SON OF A BITCH HAS CORRUPTION BEHIND HIM.. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE ALL THE MONEY CAME FROM ! EVERY PENNY !

[tomanyasses]

well said

[exacerbatedtaboo]

He doesn't want to run auto companies but he sure loves making the rules when it comes to how auto companies conduct their business. I didn't hear him say that he didn't want to run banks. Haven't heard anyone say that yet..

[clearwater04]

too bad your stuck running them DX. its not your fault but you don't have a choice. if you didn't want to do this then shovel it off to some other branch of the government.

[ooosydonooo]

you ppl commenting are retards honesty

[arequipa1]

thanks :D

[dmc9021]

Talk about bitchin, these comments are pathetic

[arequipa1]

LOL! FUCKING LIAR!

[jdlaporte001]

"I don't want to run auto companies or banks"

.... I just want to Hire and fire thier employess as I see fit, as well as decide what they should do with thier money, oh and put caps on all wages....

I have a series called Standing Firm where I discuss topics like this. If you would like to see more, click jdlaporte001 above.

[GiovannaNYC]

Obama wants to run all major business and banks and has almost completed the closing. The rest he will tax to death under the cover of "environmental laws" or some other facad! That includes us too!

[wideawake123]

Pretty accurate analysis.

[swordofisis]

Beam me up laddie!

[GiovannaNYC]

Obama's environmental laws will not allow Scotty to beam you up laddie.......you're stuck here!

[swordofisis]

well that's not right! what about auxiliary power? pull power from environmental control if you have to! increase power to the annular confinement beam and shunt the patern buffer through the main deflector dish to increase the range!

[GiovannaNYC]

Aye Captain!

[Docthewrench]

Too late OBAMA you already are running the world and your two wars shame wars only bad people start

[dkkght46]

Why does Lord (I mean load) Obama keep saying he inherited an economic mess? The dem congress was in charge for the past two years and Obama voted YEA on Bush's budget request including funding the wars. He is just as guilty as anyone.

As far as his presser goes-ZZZZZZZZZZ!

He cannot answer a question either. If you think he can listen to the question asked by the BET reporter, you decide.

[abarzilai664]

He may not want to but the circumstances will force the One to do so.

[RedPortiaOne]

I think Obama is doing quite well considering the mess that war monger ass-licker bush created. Bush has the unique distinction of being the most hated president in us history. I give cudos to Obama for having the creativity and balls to clean up georgey boys little boy mess. Screw goeorge bush, hope he frys in hell forever!!!!!!!!!!

[arequipa1]

blah blah blah same tired useless liberal arguments

[GiovannaNYC]

LOL

[wideawake123]

You call GW "ass-licker", but it was Obama who bowed at the feet of a Saudi king. It's Obama who got punked by:The G20, The Taliban, Turkey, Kim Jong Ill, Castro, Somalia, Chavez, Ortega, Castro again. Then he punked himself and USA, hung the CIA out to dry, all the while saying "don't blame me, I wasn't born yet", and racking up a larger debt than anyone in history. In 100 days, he's spent more money than all the previous POTUSs combined. He's not cleaning up anything, he's dumping on us.

[lonovik]

N.Korea tested nukes but crazy Bush went after Saddam , What a stupid Moron.

[wideawake123]

lonovik, We were fighting in Iraq 3 years before N.Korea tested their nuke, which BTW, was made possible mainly by the Clinton administration's policies towards N.K in the 90s. N.Korea shot a ballistic missile over Japan and Obama's reaction was to defund anti-ballistic missile systems. How does attacking me, and former POTUS, answer any of the points I have made? Obama is POTUS now, and that's who we're talking about. Address my points, without insulting me personally, or don't respond.

[lonovik]

Iran is saying they don't have nukes but still you are after them, You can't touch north Korea, you just bully weak and defenseless people. I was insulting Bush not you.

[wideawake123]

Iran is saying nothing of the sort, in fact they actually said "We Are Keeping Our Nuclear Option Open". According to the IAEA inspectors, they have enriched uranium far beyond what is needed for peaceful use in reactors making it unusable for anything But bombs. "Bully"??? Is that what we did in Banda Ache after the Tsunami, Turkey after the quake, the Philippines after the mudslides? Shall I list the Thousands of instances where USA intervention saved millions of lives? "What a stupid Moron."

[lonovik]

Iran has cleared many times that her nuclear program is for peaceful purpose, not for nuclear weapons. who is IAEA ? American puppets ?

[wideawake123]

That's a direct quote above:"We are keeping our nuclear options open". They signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which means They Legally Agreed Not to pursue their "nuclear options". That is why the UN has so many sanctions against them. What part of the obvious and factual statements in my comment above don't you get? The Internation Atomic Energy Association(IAEA) is an International commission which means, no, it's not an American puppet. Unless You think Hans Bliks is an American?

[dkkght46]

Well if you want to compare Presidents lets look back why don't we. Carter was a complete failure and Obama is Carter x100. Carter was the weakest Pres. we have had on defense of our nation and Obama is even worst. I just hope your in that burning tower on the next round of Jihad, than Bush won't appear to bad after all.

[4U2TakeBackAmerica]

The sooner Obama is removed from office the better America will be.

Thruout history Socialistic governments start jailing, pursecuting and killing off all those who object to their policies.

So history says that if this Nation goes down the path Obama and the Democrat led Congress is going, our own government will start killing its own. It starts with Abortion, then it goes after the elderly, and then all undesireables.

This is what ignorant fools bring opon themselves.

IMPEACH OBAMA 09

[Calamanatione]

Ill agree with you on your end point if he does something illegal till then we wait

[christopherdonley]

it's like having a kid who moves out, spends his paychecks on booze, then haggles his parents for rent money. wake up ppl.

[2xtream]

who asked you to run anything? Just step Down Please!

[pravinmb]

alot of people did actually.

[Mrcharliebobo]

When you see a commie liberal asspuppet on the street PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE!!! that's my new MOTTO!!!!!!!!!

[thequietkid10]

including the auto companies