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  • LOL, "...Bill Poole is Shameful..." "... Go buy some WAMUQ and take that yield..." hmmm, Pink qoutes... yum!

  • First... JOBS ARE GONNA BE GONE. We need to realize that times r changin right infront of your faces jobs r the old way. and youll never get ahead with a job haha theres not enough time in the day to work and live.. EVERYBODY need to be an invester. we need to increase our financial IQ and learn how we can have our money work for us.. unstead of workin to buy toys work for assets that pay for your toys

  • What an awful video. First, you're transposing two completely different issues. Second, you're confusing the practices of UAW with unions as a whole. Unions are important, what is more important is the idea that created unions that employees should be protected from unfair labor practices. Labor unions as entities separate from the idea that inspired their creation have caused many people to suffer financially when their methods often induce the same results of being fired directly.

  • Cramer is right. You can't demand all this crap from the companies and expect them not to tank. Go take a fucking Econ class before you embarrass yourself with this video.

    Factory jobs are being exported and there is nothing you can do about it. Go to school and get a real job. Lazy fucks

  • The current state of the auto industry is a prime example of what happens when mgmt. bends over and takes whatever the union will dish out. Now both the union members and the companies are suffering because not only did the big 3 fail to develop fuel efficient products, but it was difficult for them to do so because the labor costs were way out of control. I'm all for employees getting lucrative pay packages, but only when the company is very competitive. Now go ahead and curse me out commies!

  • First off, at "who will be left to buy the products." - They're not buying from the company that's paying them, generally they're buying from overseas, so I don't see how that's some kind of obligation.

    Second, I don't see how you can blame GM who is simply trying to compete, when the obvious fraud is the manipulation of our currency (our government).

    Inflation 7%, you get a 5% raise. You're a happy chump, but you actually got demoted. Comprende? Can't fit anymore here, so just research pls.

  • If we cannot help the many who are poor, we will not be able to protect the few who are rich. JFK

  • no offense, but being an auto-worker is not a middle-class job, its an outdated commodity assembly job. If you want a middle-class income, go get educated and learn to innovate.

  • That is not what the Japanese and Germans think. Services do not last if there is no manufacturing to support them

  • Germany makes some of the best cars in the world and also has some of the strongest unions. We can have both but people don't care about the trades here. If you're not in finance, you're a sucker.

  • if a company is not willing pay you the amount of money you desire then you are not worth it, it is as simple as that.if you were worth it then they would pay you. free market is both parties agreeing on a wage or price. not one party being extorted to pay exorbited price for something. we all want to make more money but i cant show up to mcdonalds and ask for 50 dollars and hour. i cant because it is not in there interest to pay such an amount. want to make more money go to college.

  • Humm, are you still in college, because one you get out you'll see not everything is so black and white. Unions are good and bad. I think now we've gone to the one extreme to not having enough union involvement. If people at Wal-Mart and Sears want to have a union, shouldn't they as free people be allowed? It's beyond me how in the US companies can still get away with blacklisting and union breaking.

  • yes i am actually im twenty eight an have been going at night for two years. i have learned without an education or a skill you are never going to make money. you can get mad and blame your boss for not paying you enouph but it is a lude point.

  • You're saying corporations should be forced to hire union workers? That's the exact same thing except now the "corporations" are the union bosses.

    If you want to understand why the US economy is doing so poorly, you need to actually understand financials & our economy. GM succumbing to the union won't help the economy

    Here's a game, set, match for you - those people GM pays off will probably buy products from China, India, etc, and then bitch about why they aren't getting paid enough.

  • Seriously. Wal-Mart is an example of the reverse of the UAW situation. UAW breaks the back of a company while Wal-Mart participates in unfair labor practices. I wonder what would happen if a large group of about 400 people unionized before they even got hired at a 4 local Wal-Marts, went in without saying a word, worked for six months as the group got hired, then demanded a fair vote. Would each Wal-Mart just fire 100 people at each store? It would be bad publicity for Wal-Mart if they did!

  • Although it seems like the average American consumer wouldn't give a damn either, so long as they could keep on saving that $3.91 every week shopping at Hell-Mart for groceries. They don't give a damn that Wal-Mart occasionally pays their workers a living wage (but barely) with awful health insurance and other paltry "benefits". They don't care that Wal-Mart often asks employees to work overtime, then they don't pay them that and they discipline employees who report them to the authorities!

  • I care. And you're right Wall Mart is really F'd. I rarely go to Wall Mart, but almost every retailer is as bad when it comes to breaking unions, Wall Mart seems to get the most publicity.

    We call ourselves a free country. In some ways we have a long ways to go.

    They have no idea!

  • If UNIONS are so great,why don't they pool their coerced money and form their own business and prove to the world that they can compete?? WALK THE WALK. Instead, they ride on the coat tails of business that do produce, making demands causing red tape and forcing our american businesses to close or move overseas. It's not 1940. plants are highly mobile now. It wasn't feesible to move a huge plant with huge machinery 50 years ago. other towns near you would love to have your work...

  • You should make documentaries, and be fat.

  • well, I'm half way there. I'll start working on the documentaries. lol

  • BUSINESS plays a vital role in the American economy. Unions do not PRODUCE anything, the companies they CHOKE produce the products. In this new era, the global battlefield takes place in corporate arenas. UAW promotes lazy who want something for nothing. Short term gains at the expense of long term. aka your children. UAW members even vote for multi tier wages, so the incumbent union fools can maintain a high wage at the expense of the new union members. SOLIDARITY?? UAW is corrupt.

  • Union bashing is so 1980's. Popularized by the same people who have bankrupted this country.

  • I used to be a union dumbass, but I realize how screwed up and corrupt they are. I am proud to be non-union at a union choked plant. Dumbass union monkeys brag that they take a week to do a day's work because they are CREATING work and jobs. Please explain to me how NON PRODUCTION will help the company compete and create more jobs. Union assholes seek short term gains at the expense of long term gains. Tell your minimally educated teamster fools and your UAW boneheads to get out.

  • Sweet.

    Take a whole bunch of clips out of context, and then cut them together to push your own message.

    Nice.

    The great part about it is that judging by these comments, everyone just believes you. No body bothers to check it out.

    Think for yourself people. Don't be sheep.

  • great video Oil,Don'tlisten to these sorry ass corporate suck up wanna bee's. America was built by the middle class. Do you ever see the rich man son's go die in a war to protect their riches,hell no.I am heading up a union drive at one of the largest express delivery company's and will be proud to be a teamster

  • Yea I want to spend $50,000 on a Ford Focus so some union "nut screwer" can earn $75,000 a year instead of buying a $18,000 Honda Accord. That's good economics! Go Unions! (idiots)

  • I key as many Honda's as I can. People just wont listen. What the hell good is an $18,000 Honda going to do you when the whole economy is in the toilet? 400,000 manufacturing jobs gone over seas in the last 5 years. Are we all going to work at wall-mart?

    Oh ya, a Ford Focus is $14,395

    A Honda Accord is $20,360

    Think before you type dumb ass.

  • loaded ford focus: $16,925

    loaded honda accord: $30,260

  • Ford Focus looks liek a pos. How much is A fully loaded Ford Fusion, now that's a nice looking car!

    Probably one of the only videos I've seen where Jim Cramer makes sense.

  • Question for Oilwellian: Do you or don't you believe in free markets?

  • Hahahah. Isn't this the same cunt that maninipulates upwards the prices of small cap stocks to an unsustainable level with his high net worth mates and then goes short.

    Don't trust a word this maniac says!!!

  • i think cramer forgot to take his medication. honestly, i cant watch finanical news from a man like that. hes a clown, an entertainer, thats all.

  • I'm sorry but neo-libralism is a collosal failure for most people in this country! Maybe it's time to reconsider tariffs and "protectionism"!Capitalism needs to be regulated...and heavily!

  • United Auto Workers gives more money to Lobbyists than General Motors! This is bullshit propaganda. The unions want to fuck you with higher prices for higher wages

  • Quote out of context and then celebrate!!!!  What a bunch of fucking assholes!

  • The Wall Street parasites will eventually kill the carrier.

  • The veil over American slavery is starting to slip.

  • 4) Average annual compensation (wages + benefits) for US manufacturing jobs is

    a. $36,000 b. $46,0000 c. $56,0000 d. $66,000

    Answer: d. $66,414

    (Source: National Association of Manufacturers)

  • 3) In what year did U.S. Manufacturing exports reach their all-time peak? (inflation adjusted)

    a.  1966 b. 1976 c. 1986 d. 1996 e. 2006

    Answer a. 2006

    (Source: U.S. International Trade Commission)

  • 2)  In what year did U.S. Manufacturing revenue reach its all-time peak? (inflation adjusted)

    a. 1966 b. 1976 c. 1986 d. 1996 e. 2006

    Answer: e. 2006

    (Source: Bureau of the Census)

  • 1) In what year did U.S. Manufacturing output reach its all-time peak?

    a. 1966 b. 1976 c. 1986 d. 1996 e. 2006

    Answers: e. 2006

    (Source: Economic Report of the President, 2007)

  • GM= a health insurance that happens to make cars. Toyota does not hae this problems and they are making cars in the US. the Unions are dieing and the faster the better!

  • Thank the union for the 8 hour work day.

  • Indeed Teamster771. Although my husband is in management, he's a strong supporter of the union where he works. Labor demands are what made the middle class and it is they who are the major consumers of goods. Americans need to revisit history for a reminder of what it was like before workers organized and demanded change.

  • @Teamster771 Thank them for the unemployement rate too.

  • We need unions. My grandma used to work for Sears and they tried to form a union, but Sears busted that up. It's just like Wall Mart today. I don't know how these companys get away with it.

  • dont work there then

  • These Freeloaders rigged the system and they are the biggest welfare recipients!

    This scheme functioned because working people paid for it through the nose!!

    U.S. workers have boosted their productivity by 30% since 1973, but Real Income is lower today than in 1976!!

    The only thing "Trickledown Economics" did is to trickle the blood of working Americas while sinking our Economy!

  • U.S. manufacturing built the universities, the insurance companies, the hospitals, the telephone companies, the media, the country...

  • I say ship the whole U.S. financial/corporate sector, and their shills, to China and the rest of us can put our country back together.

  • Fucking piece of shit bastard traitor!

  • Good video- all the lunatic cramer cares about is his asshole hedge fund buddies...

  • this is all only happening because the FED keeps printing money, making the dollar worthless. so it cost GM a lot more to buy its raw materials from around the world.

    close the FED

  • it is too late to make any difference now!

  • The best way to survive in this world is being adaptable. In stock market you have to change your opinions and beliefs on minute to minute basis.

    For a person with fixed set of beliefs, set in stone. Maybe like yourself, who will be wiped out in the market in no time, and then look for someone(like Cramer) to pin the blame.

    In some places it's good to flip-flop, or look at Iraq and make that most places...

  • Another great video!

  • Cramer, while a Lefty in his heart (if you know anything about him)), at least recognizes that when there are 7x more GM retirees receiving pension & healthcare benefits than existing GM employees, it's time to recognize that reality and do something about it. If unions are so great and are supposed to deliver high quality work, why do foreign cars often exceed US cars in quality standards and in meeting/exceeding customer expectations?

    Just asking...

  • The UAW didn't design American cars and make the decision to build gas guzzlers. That squarely rests on the shoulders of management and their inability to see American demand for an economical car. And most "foreign cars" are made in America so your point about US cars is moot. GM management decided a long time ago to build a less than quality car because they thought they could make a shitload of money on repairs. That backfired when Americans chose reliability instead.

  • Insofar as Cramer being a Lefty, well that's the funniest thing I've read all day. Anyone who supports the death of unions is a toady for Wall Street and does NOT support the people. It would be nice to see the passion he exhibited for his hedge fund buddies, also expressed for the middle class struggling to stay above water these days. Instead he proposes the last nail in their coffin.

  • And about those pensions and health care that GM promised to their employees...are you saying corporate America shouldn't keep the promises they made with their employees? It's not their fault the health care and insurance industries are sucking this country dry. Instead of attacking the common laborer, you should be attacking the sycophants, like Cramer, for their greed. They wouldn't be wealthy today if it weren't for the common laborer.

  • I suggest you study the history of labor in this country and realize support for the UAW is beneficial to your place in the workforce as well...whether your union or not.

  • On last night's Mad Money, Cramer admitted that he's a man of the Left and also used to be a shop steward. Don't you realize that most wall streeter's actually donate and vote for the Dems?

    Or, do you just assume that ppl with money and "in the game" are all for the GOP?

  • Uh, did you miss the part about Cramer wanting to break the union? Democrats do NOT support breaking unions. Are you stupid or something? Peddle your crap elsewhere.

  • Uh, did you miss the part where Cramer says he's a "man of the Left"?

    Have you ignored the fact that Wall Streeters, CEOs, etc contribute to Democratic politicians? 51% of political contributions of wall streeters go to Democrats vs. 47% to GOP.

  • The whole economic game has intentionally and deliberately been rigged against working stiffs. To see how, go to Google video at video.google(.com) and search for the video "Money as Debt". Another great video that is considerably longer and goes into more detail is "The Money Masters."

  • When is this guy going to explode. The pin has been out for years.

    Wall Street is no friend of the American worker.

  • I used to like Cramer. But he's lost me on this one. The reason it costs so much to make cars in this country is not the workers, but the EXECUTIVE pay has skyrocketed. I think this issue should be what the upcoming election should be all about.

  • ..and the SUPER-overpriced healthcare we have in this country. Private insurance companies are the biggest drain on the US worker when compared to every other industrialized nation.We need to break the insurance industry, not the unions.

  • Cramer is a douche.

  • Cramer crying and ranting at the thouht of his hedge fund buddies, whilst blissfully chirping "break the Union, bust the UAW, its good for America".

    What an ass.

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