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• Sunday, December 14, 2008 03:48 AM

  @spiveym Wrong on so any counts

  You are wrong on so many counts that i can't quote them all.

  First of all GOP did not get religion or did not stoop to serve the common man.

  Its logic is pure and simple: The Big 3 make up most of the unionized workers remaining.

  By forcing the UAW to accept permanent wage and other reductions they force the workers to become poorer. If the UAW refuses they let the Big 3 become bankrupt thus allowing them to be sold to Hedge funds or countries like Dubai or China which will force UAW to accept still lower wage and other work conditions.

  Either way the GOP stands to benefit, since their base supporters: the ultra rich stand to benefit.

  Plus you can add Cheney to it too, if labor troubles break out, since Cheney owns prison companies who stand to gain from any domestic violence.

  If banks could be bailed out without any preconditions, why not auto companies?

  And please don't blame the auto companies: they respond to market pressure.

  The SUV and Hummers were not exactly Edsels. They were bought by millions of americans and made profits for GM and FORD.

  After all you and me cheered when SUVs made profits for shareholders.

  But when oil prices suddenly spiral up, we expect to retool everything in 3 days!

  That's not possible.

  That is why Japan could not build SUVs at that time. Because they didn't have necessary production facilities. Don;t you think they would have loved to make some profit off the SUV? They could not because they were not ready.

  By the time they were ready, the market had changed.

  Check on their balance sheets for massive investments during that time in factory tools.

  And stop praising the GOP. They are bunch of scoundrels who are so corrupt that they would see soldiers being sold as mercenaries if that was legal and they would sell NASA to a Hedge fund if it was profitable.

  GOP has always fought against America, and they will continue to fight against American ideals of hard work and decent wages, because it goes against their policy of exploitation and getting richer.

  —Anandasubramanian Read Anandasubramanian's other letters
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