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You are so right!!
The parties touted support of the worker during the election, particularly the Republicans with Joe the Plumber, but in reality they have been systematically destroying it for years. Continually giving more and more by way of tax breaks and loopholes to the wealthy. Failure to give loans to the automakers should have been the last straw!
Our own country -- states in particular - give more money (perhaps 10 x so) to foreign automakers than the US automakers were asking for in loans -- not in giveaways. And those foreign companies in addition receive assistance from their own countries or are owned by their governments.
And the bailouts of Wall Street and the Banks and their continuation of conducting business as usual -- receiving big bonuses, taking expensive trips and essentially snubbing their noses at the taxpayer -- is outrageous! Their egregious activities -- perhaps even criminal -- caused most of our current economic situation and continues to by failure to make credit available! Cars would sell if loans were reasonable and available, companies could conduct business if they could continue obtaining credit as necessary for normal operations, and so on.
Everyone hates the big guy ... especially if they have union workers! It is all about stripping the worker of any power or influence and again letting business operate as freely as possible without oversight or balance of control or check.
