Agreed with points two and three. But no one here is a slave. If they want to work, they'll stay. If they don't want to work, they'll leave. If they stay (in a bankrupt company run by the state--hey Bailout people, this is what you wanted! instead of bankruptcy and restructuring) then they have to live by the rules of the contract signed with the gov't.
The bad business practices of the CEO's gave these same workers better wages a couple years ago; now it's dreary: life isn't fair.
no kidding. This bailout bullshit is peanuts compared to the "change" which has been disappearing through the DOD for years. Unless you count the Fed's credit creation in the last year: 8 trillion and counting. I don't think the pentagon lost that much... and I'm a cynic.
Not if a different obligation arises out of a contract. Come on, people. They just got money that they never had a right to in the first place. Instead of letting them go bankrupt (and waiting for a buyer and restructuring of the industry) and the workers keep their jobs as they were (or not), they got the gov't to give them money. How spoiled does an industry to be to say: we're bankrupt because of bad business practices: give us the money or we'll go bust: no, we won't change anything.
Free Lunch is one of the best books I've ever read. Not to mention the whole getting me angry as hell but it's great.
Sinistertino 3 years ago
no more bailouts quit stealing our money
rumpelstillskin65 3 years ago
This is common day slavery...the government is not working right now...they are a bigger threat then the terrorists.
PUGS1688 3 years ago 3
Agreed with points two and three. But no one here is a slave. If they want to work, they'll stay. If they don't want to work, they'll leave. If they stay (in a bankrupt company run by the state--hey Bailout people, this is what you wanted! instead of bankruptcy and restructuring) then they have to live by the rules of the contract signed with the gov't.
The bad business practices of the CEO's gave these same workers better wages a couple years ago; now it's dreary: life isn't fair.
curtisekstrom 3 years ago
" This is common day slavery...the government is not working right now...they are a bigger threat then the terrorists. "
The Bush Administration were the terrorists.
tigerone1970 3 years ago
As a side note... on the lame duck watch intro... the note before the quack should be held longer.
FORBIDDEN FROM STRIKING? Who comes up with this crud! And when will it all end?
eljefereal 3 years ago
We're getting robbed. It's no surprise that Bush and his surrogates actually funneled the money so as to benefit the elite.
ObbiQuiet 3 years ago 3
How about the 2.5 trillion that went missing in 99, or how bout in 2000 the 1.1 trillion that went missing at the pentagon?
MSM are a bunch of yellow backed sheep
SaveOurSovereignty2 3 years ago
no kidding. This bailout bullshit is peanuts compared to the "change" which has been disappearing through the DOD for years. Unless you count the Fed's credit creation in the last year: 8 trillion and counting. I don't think the pentagon lost that much... and I'm a cynic.
curtisekstrom 3 years ago
"it's the end of the world as we know it..."
almamatters2471 3 years ago
How can anyone forbid anyone from striking? Are auto workers slaves with no rights?
FriedDaisy 3 years ago 4
That's how Big Business thinks of all workers.
billthebutcher2 3 years ago 3
billthebutcher2: it must be how Big Gov thinks of all workers, too, if they are prepared to pull back the bailout funds if the workers strike.
FriedDaisy 3 years ago
well yeah, Big Gov Republicans, it's their ideology. It works in conjunction with with elite business interests.
billthebutcher2 3 years ago
Aye, surely even civil servants are allowed to strike? And they're paid by the tax-payer.
Note I'm not American, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
sjadcock 3 years ago
sjadcock: No, you're not wrong. In a free society, if someone is exploiting you, you are free to protest; and that includes staging a strike.
FriedDaisy 3 years ago
Not if a different obligation arises out of a contract. Come on, people. They just got money that they never had a right to in the first place. Instead of letting them go bankrupt (and waiting for a buyer and restructuring of the industry) and the workers keep their jobs as they were (or not), they got the gov't to give them money. How spoiled does an industry to be to say: we're bankrupt because of bad business practices: give us the money or we'll go bust: no, we won't change anything.
curtisekstrom 3 years ago
Gods, the boys at NWO headquarters really have a hard on for unions, don't they?
Plutonwolf 3 years ago