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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has become known for taking bold stances on a variety of issues. While his treatment of the unions has come under scrutiny by Democrats, on Wednesday night, the politician tackled a very different issue — the now infamous auto bailout. In an on-air scuffle with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton, Walker made his stance against the government’s role in the scenario known.
The back-and-forth started when Maddow asked if Walker thought the bailout was ineffective. He responded in the affirmative and emphasized his view that the private sector, not government, offers the best hope for viable sales and growth.
“It wasn’t in Wisconsin,” the governor said of the bailout’s success. “What we need is true prosperity and that comes really more effectively through the private sector.”
Maddow, of course, challenged this assertion, claiming that she was “surprised” to hear Walker would “run down the American auto industry at a moment when it really has come back.” The MSNBC host said that Walker’s talk about the ineffectiveness of the auto bailout made it seem as though the situation hasn’t worked out — a notion she flatly rejects.
Walker, though, was ready with a response, this time getting even deeper into what he believes should have been done to help reinvigorate auto sales.
“It could have come back more effectively and sooner had they taken the advice of Mitt Romney early on and done a managed bankruptcy instead of spending all those dollars of taxpayers’ money that otherwise could have been done more effectively in the private sector early on,” he said, doubling down on his stance, while also slipping in a tidbit of Romney support.
The back-and-forth didn’t end there, though. Maddow’s criticisms were joined by clamoring from Schultz and Sharpton, who also seemed to believe that a managed bankruptcy wouldn’t have been as effective. That led to some raised voices and a tense back-and-forth that forced walker to interject, “Let me finish!”
Watch the showdown, below:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:17amThe arrogance and disrespect Maddow, Schultz and Sharpton display toward a sitting Govenor is deplorable.
Lord I hope Romney wins.
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football lady
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:36amThey can’t help it. They weren’t raised well.
Romney/Ryan 2012!!!
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Jenny Lind
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:43amIt’s not only arrogance and disrespect, it’s their complete lack of experience in real world huge companies. Not a single one of them has run a company or payroll or has a clue what a huge company needs. Doesn’t stop them from running their mouths though. This never was about saving GM, it was about a government getting their foot in the door to give ownership to their union buddies. We will never recover all the money they owe the US, they just keep playing shell games. Oh, too bad about the volt, not. GM tried electric cars in the 90′s, they didn’t sell then either.
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starman70
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:09amArrogance and disrespect are trademarks of the left. They bash anybody they hate! They are experts of villifying and demeaning anyone they disagree with. However, Americans are catching on to their tactics. The majority of the American public are now seeing through this and disregarding all the vitriol these clowns spout.
The bailout of GM was a disaster for everybody who was a bondholder or stockholder in the original company. The company is still a complete disaster. GOVERNMENT MOTORS was forced to make the VOLT, one of the most disasterous programs in automotive history (Rivaling Ford’s Edsel). Now Government Motors is suspending production of this disaster.
The only reason that GM can show any real sales is that the administration is forcing its agencys to purchase only GOVERNMENT MOTORS cars using more of our taxpayer money to subsidize this failing travesty of a company. FROM NOW ON, I WILL BUY ONLY FORDS!!!
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zorro
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:27amSo when did the plant close? MSNBC says the Washington Post has it closing in December of 2008 and some other newspaper has it closing in April of 2009. I do get that Obama said it would remain open but if it did close in 2008, there was nothing he could have done. Heck, even if the plant closed in April of 2009, can we really blame a guy who had been in office for 3 or 4 months just because he said the plant would remain open?
Spare me your accusations of being a troll or a liberal. Read my posts. I’m conservative. I just think this was stupid for Republicans to bring up and frankly, I feel it makes them look as silly.
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gr29az
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:34ami think it’s time for our pols to boycot msdnc. enough is enough
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NHwinter
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:02amzorro – it was just an example of the many, many GM dealers that did close, whether before or after 2009. That happened to be the one Obama stood in front of and said it would remain open for 100 years. There was a dealership in my town that did close because of Obama. Most dealerships were owned by Republicans. Bankrupcty would have been better for the company and certainly for the stock holders that were truly screwed.
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mersey
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:08amAnd just for the record, we’re not going to bail out Comcast because MSNBC and NBC are complete failures and losing money faster than Government Motors.
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zorro
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:18amNHwinter…why not use one of those examples then? Why bring up this particular one which was clearly not a victim of Obama’s policies? I realize it was used because Obama gave a speech there and it happens to be where Paul Ryan is from. But the story has just enough holes to distract from the real issue. If they had used the plant or dealership from your town, the left would have nothing. Instead, Paul Ryan gave them just enough to make the party look stupid.
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CMDR6
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:37amZorro, the timeline matters lttle when you look at the point of Pres. Obama (ok maybe not pres. yet) standing at that factory and stating that it would be open for 100 years because of the bailout. HE SAID IT, he had every power to make that happen. If he could not make it happen, then he should have never said it! Which is the bigger point that this man, as well as many other politicians, say things they can never, ever get done, but Pres. Oduma is exemplary at saying what he will do and then not making it happen.
Once the bailout occured, the CAR CZAR could have forced GM to re-open the plant to keep Pres. Oduma’s word..but no, they must have forgotten……but we have not!!!
Send BO to the private sector to get a real job…..maybe one of Mitt’s companies will hire him as a company “communtiy” organizer
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johnnyred86
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:52amIn that 3 or 4 months that you want to apologize for, billions of dollars went out in stimulus to companies all over the country. All it takes to keep a factory like Janesville running is cash…..the problem is that the President made so many stupid promises in his bid to get elected, that he apparently could not keep track of them all. Let’s call it “read my lips” syndrome. Making promises you don’t need to in order to assure victory. He PROMISED it would not close. If the President did not have the power to make that happen, he should not have made the promise. Fool or liar, take your pick.
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michael48
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:08pmZorro…if chairman ocommie said it would remain open..then he was lying..reguardless of the closing date…I don’t have any info on this but seems he didn’t either..he was just making a vote buying ,typical crap hole statement…
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4095js
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:06pmHave to remember, this is all about money!! MSNBC preps their talking heads in focus groups…..they do not have an honest opinion of their own.. They are told what to do and say…..they do it to keep their jobs and pay.
Would love to see a few pictures of the producers/with names and affiliations. This is the real story of the left and why they are obviously so anti-American. This is also the problem with Hussein and every last person surrounding him in DC.
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walkintruth
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 4:04pmThey are angry that the Democrats couldn’t recall him. Sore losers I would say. The American people know better.
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Apple Bite
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:17amSo the Liberal Incompetent sent their Three Stooges after Walker, in an failed attempt to make him sound stupid and look bad….
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22AUTOMATIC
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:20pmHas anyone else caught on the MSNBC’s tactic yet? They send out on the RNC floor the guy with the shaved head (nobody knows) with a microphone that is blank (no MSNBC logo) and then like a spider hanging in a web waiting (Shultz, Maddow, Matthews,Sharpton) the “prey” (Walker, Condi Rice, Jan Brewer) go to talk to the “nice guy” with the mic and WHAM the spiders attack with “birther” or “dog whistle” or any other Obama talking point (spiders attack the prey) – they’re looking to capture any “sound bite” they can. That’s why Fox News has been #1 for a decade plus; they are kind and respectful at special events like this. You’d never see Brett Baier or Megan Kelly do this. Oh, and as for Ryan’s supposed “lies”, see the link below. Not a single dishonest statement in Paul Ryan’s speech. (also see the link to Breitbart that points out exact dishonest reporting caught by other network viewers)
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/08/30/News-Report-Proves-Ryan-Was-Correct-About-Plant-Cosure
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/08/29/Day-two-live-blogging-convention
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Government_Goodies
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:13amI still don’t get why our guys do these interviews with completely irrelevant outlets like MSNBC. He may as well be giving an interview to Slim’s Moonshine Enthusiasts Blog and reach as many people.
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Bill Rowland
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:19amRemember the liberal code – If you don’t have the facts to back up your argument, shout and call names, don’t let your opponent inject any facts or common sense into the debate.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
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dmforman
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:39amOur people need to keep doing these interviews and taking a no holds bar approach. The people are all not awakened and need to see what fools these idiots truly are. Too many people that I have met believe the dribble that comes out of these idiots mouths and until they hear another point of view a million times or so, their brains may not understand that the other point of view and be able to embrace it.
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beatobama
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 12:03pmMSNBC still has just over a dozen viewers. When they dip below that threshold the interviews will no longer be granted.
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cayuse
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:11amhawkeyez do you call yourself that because you cannot see?
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scrapadapolis
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:11amMSNBC always trys to discredit even though they always get owned in the end..
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bald stick
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:11amGot a tip from another post. Go to “ghostery” and download it. Go into “options” and then “advanced” set the alert bubble to 1 or 0 seconds. This has really helped on many other sites also.
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Chromo200
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:10amI was going to say that Gov. Walker went into a pig pen to wrestle with pigs and got dirty, but I have changed my mind. We need people liike the Gov, to take the fight to these idiots an keep jabbing and make them look stupid so that their followers will see that and loose more viewers and eventualy MSNBC will cancel these shows. We just have to be calm and respond smarter..
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aldojon
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:09amshow me one of their followers that has an open mind to deal with the facts and i’ll show you a flying pig. i do agree that we need people like Gov Walker to take the fight to them though.
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GrayPanther
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:00amI agree with CHROMO200. Walker’s performance may wake up a few MSNBC viewers that still have a few functioning chromosomes. I believe MSNBC’s numbers continue to drop. Walker’s creditability continues to climb.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:32amThe lapdog media is trying their best to derail Republicans and make them look stupid. They pick a “gotcha” topic, then go all ballistic when the answer they are expecting is not given.
I think each network was given a set of questions to ask them at the Convention.
The Republicans should just ignore the lapdog media and interview with credible outlets.
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overthecliff
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:07amRepublicans—Never ever give these phony news people, using the cloak of journalism to cover their communist agenda, an interview. All you do is give their ratings a boost.
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AJAYW
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:05amNo one should ever go on the racist Al Sharpton program. That man has never worked a day in his life. He has scamed and lived off the hard working blacks and has done all he can to keep them down. Its the only way he and Jesse know how to make their living.
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rambosharley
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:02amI would lose my mind on national TV if I talked to those IDIOTS on MSLSD! The only ones that won on the bailout for GM was the thuggish bosses in BIG UNION!
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silentee
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:02amThe man in the blue shirt looks to have cut himself shaving his neck. Just not deep enough.
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Max jones
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:01amLeave…don’t come back.
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USNRET04
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:00amThree on one…looks unfair to me…Scott had them out numbered.
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JonSigMan
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:10amHe did, didn’t he? LOL!
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trtmntdude
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:23amIt wasn’t right. Gov. Walker went and battled wits with three unarmed challengers.
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Recceman90
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:57amArguing with Logic and Facts with a bunch of Liberals is far too overwhelming for them….I hope Gov. Walker sent them pacifiers and blankies after that interview.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:00amHow about sledgehammers and dueling pistols for them?
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contkmi
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:13amHey, Snow, even if the libs were given those weapons it wouldn’t be a fair fight. They’d end up blowing their brains out because they’d shoot themselves in the foot, which would be firmly planted in their mouths.
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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:47amObviously, a really bad case of madcow disease. Dig a pit and let the three of fight to the death. ‘Can we build one for you?’
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goahead.makemyday
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:52amROFL! It’s a good thing I just finished my coffee CONTKMI, or I would have spewed it. But I think they would have had a heart attack if they touched the gun, and lost control of their hate and started attacking people if they grabbed the sledgehammer. Remember guns are made to kill, it doesn’t matter that the person pulling trigger also points it and makes the decision. Guns kill people.
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RightUnite
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:57amFat boy forgets that Obama pleaded with Bush to implement that bailout before Obama took office. It’s funny how they always forget those silly facts….
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:56amScott Walker, you had them scrambling for blood and that was obvious from the time Rachel Maddow looked at her coherts in crime…excellent job Gov. Walker! They cannot defend the economic policies of this president. They can try to scream over all they want to but the truth is the truth…
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Darrel
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:55amMoe, Curly & Larry got their asses handed to them trying to stump the Gov. Common sense & logic was to much for MSNBC to deal with. Great on air discussion Gov. Walker.
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davetrav
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:55amGov. Walker, don’t waste your time or breath on bias media. When our nation heals maybe so will the media, wait until after the election and hear all the bad mouth racist talk they will be doing. My dad always told me not to make fun of sick people.
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dmforman
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:37amDave, people like Governor Walker do need to speak up. Not all of the American public is awoken, and many really do believe the BS that comes out of the mouths of these people.
Keep going Governor Walker and don’t stop telling people like it really is!!!
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:52amThese idiots have never run a real business or had a real job and have no idea what a “managed bankruptcy” even is.
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:51amOne reason the Republican politicians can boast about their well functioning state economies is that the Federal Government has been paying the bills and taking on debt.
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biohazard23
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:58amBless your little heart, dear.
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AJAYW
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:00amDo you need a crying towel
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jujubeebee
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:05amWe have an incompetent president who has never run a lemonade stand versus a sucessfull businessman who created jobs, who pulled the olympics out of the tank, who ran a state effectively.
All Obama has done is talk, hobnob with celebrities at parties, vacation, fundraise, play golf and watch sports on tv. He is not going to win this election with smiles and phony promises and incompetence.
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dblaess
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:31amSince the federal government only assists States with Republicans in charge, I think we need more States with Republican governors then. Just think if California had a Repbulican governor with Republican senate/house, they could turn around California because they would have the federal government assist.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:25amWhat? MARYBETH, are you actually saying that the only reason such Red States have turned around their economies, and improved their unemployment roles only because 0bama is paying their bills? Allow me to correct BIOHAZARD23′s post, Bless your pointy little head, Mary. Please! You want us to fall for such a screwball lie and believe that 0bama is saving the bacon for these Republican governors and not helping those Blue States? It’s very much the opposite. How many lawsuits from the DOJ have stopped businesses in these states? I also recall a couple of years ago when Texas was overwhelmed with forest fires and was ignored when Gov Perry begged the federal government for assistance. 0bama did send federal firefighting equipment, crews, and aircraft to Mexico, as well as New Mexico that still had a Dem-wit gov. If you are going to tell fairy tales, stick to the successful ones by the Brothers Grimm.
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biohazard23
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:53amRJ, nice!!! Hope you’re having a great day so far. :)
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AvengerK
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:55amFunny…HAIRYBETH…did you send your talking point to Jerry Brown in California?
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shammo
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:51amMaddow doesn’t even know enough to ask the correct question(s). There is no hope for MSNBC with this talent-less star.
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jackact
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:49amCheck out the stock value of GM and try to sell the American people on the fact that “I bailed out the auto industry”.
Obama practices this lie daily.
Government intervention = disaster.
NOTHING is too big to fail.
Especially Obama.
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ricckky
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:49amWhy does the Blaze give this slime cred.???? Out of sight out of mind!!! Keep these creeps out of my face—Thank you!!!
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:02amIt just shows their whiney selves and it shows us the stellar job Gov. Walker did standing up to the roundtable of losers.
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cassandra
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:49amthe auto bailout was for the UNIONS so WE The People can pay for the unions bloated pensions, these unions don’t care about your children or grandchildren
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:53amWhat’s wrong with having a pension?
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OlefromMN
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:57amThe parasites ate the host in this case. GM will have a real hard time convincing new bondholders to come in when they (potential bondholders) can see the last group was devoured. We the People will never get our money back.
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RightUnite
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:59am@MARYWHATEVERTHEHELLYOURNAMEIS… Nothings wrong with pensions as long as you pay for the d*mn thing yourself. I don’t want to have to pay for your pension if I have to pay for my own, idiot!
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overthecliff
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:02amNothing is wrong with a golden egg if it doesn`t kill the goose.
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evolutionISareligion
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:17amMy Mom and Dad both worked over 35 year for GM, they always said the union heads and shop stewards were more worried about keeping their positions and perks like black lake, than worrying about the rank and file worker. I remember in 1980 my parents were worried their plant was going to close and the union heads were telling the workers that gm had 2 sets of books, 1 they showed the union and one that is the real one, the real one showed gm was making tons of money the other that showed the union they were losing money. i was only a kid but knew that is illegal and that the union heads were lying and didnt care about the health of GM or job security thru compromise for the workers. Oh and by the way Micheal Morons movie “Roger and me” was bs. that plant in flint was riddled with corruption and drugs. When they close that plant they moved a lot of workers to my parents plant, about 8 months later the FBI raided the plant and most of the people they arrested were from that flint plant
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dblaess
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:34am@marybethelizabeth
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:53am
What’s wrong with having a pension?
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Nothing if I can have what they have. President Obama has set the course for divisive class warfare. I want what the auto workers get. Heck the Delphi workers who’s pension was destroyed by president Obama want what the auto workers get. I need you (Cassandra) to work twice as hard to provide for me.
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dmforman
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:35am@ Marybethelizabeth
There is nothing wrong with having a pension, as long as it’s fully funded, and sadly many pension plans weren’t designed to have employees earning a pension for 20 and 30 years after they retire at an early age.
During this bailout there were many employees who were screwed out of their pension because they weren’t union employees.
This bailout was a sham to get unions to give democrats more political money. Any economist worth a grain of salt could see that just giving the companies more money and giving it to the unions, wasn’t going to fix the problem inherent in the auto industry-many being paid much more than they should as the products weren’t making money and people don’t want to buy an inferior product.
Unions may have had a place in the workplace at one time. Now as a former teacher, I see them keeping people who really should be out of a job employed. Unions are now a way to try and get useful idiots ready for a communist revolution.
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13th Imam
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:37amGive them all a Volt
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eby11
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:55amMary, mary quite contrary,
There is nothing wrong with having a pension, as long as, the pension isn’t paid for by the general public through the tax system. I should not have to pay for GM to survive, nor should I pay for an industry that is so bloated in its pension area. Private companies have every right to bargain with labor unions, and vice versa, but I should not have to support their pensions with my tax money. The federal govt overstepped their bounds when they installed the bailouts. Live for no man, and let no man live for you! Have some personal responsibility and your company won’t go bankrupt, GM should have been restructured like Ford, and the govt wouldn’t have spent billions on a horse that couldn’t race.
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Pokerjoe
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 1:12pmMary, The unions are no good for the AMERICAN people as a whole just a few. The union cost add about 1000.00 to the cost of a car. Please tell me when will the AMERICAN people get paid back?
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johnjamison
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:47amWhy doesn’t Obama every step into the lion’s den Gov. Walker just did. Everyone in his party keeps claiming he’s the smartest man in the room…..But then he never proves it. He77 he has to have an approved format to even appear on one of his hardcore supporters show.
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Wildblue3
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 7:54amBecause to do so would take great courage and conviction. That is something Obama and most democrats will never have!!
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M13
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:49amWildblue Obama will have a conviction, for giving guns to Mexican drug dealers.
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