General Motors Hands Out $400 Million in Worker Bonuses
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DETROIT (AP/The Blaze) — Less than two years after entering bankruptcy, General Motors will extend millions of dollars in bonuses to most of its 48,000 UAW hourly workers as a reward for the company’s rapid turnaround after it was rescued by taxpayers.
The payments, disclosed Monday in company documents, are similar to bonuses announced last week for white-collar employees. The bonuses to 76,000 American workers will probably total more than $400 million – an amount that suggests executives have increasing confidence in the automaker’s comeback.
In the four years leading up to its 2009 bankruptcy, GM piled up more than $80 billion in losses and was burdened by enormous debt and costly labor contracts.
“On the whole, we made tremendous progress last year,” CEO and Chairman Dan Akerson said Monday in an e-mail message to employees announcing the payments. “With our collective teamwork, this can be just the beginning.”
The company made $4.2 billion in the first nine months of 2010 and is expected to announce a fourth-quarter profit soon.
Most of GM’s hourly workers will get a record payment of more than $4,000 – more than double the previous record in 1999, at the height of the boom in sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks. Nearly all 28,000 white-collar workers such as engineers and managers will get 4 to 16 percent of their base pay. A few – less than 1 percent – will get 50 percent or more.
Bill Selesky, an auto industry analyst with Argus Research in New York, called the recovery “dramatic” and said the payments were needed to stop talent from jumping to other automakers, especially crosstown rival Ford.
The company, he added, is also trying to send a message: “It’s the new GM.”
But the bonuses drew criticism from an opponent of the auto industry bailout in Washington who said GM should repay its entire $49.5 billion loan before offering bonuses.
“Since the taxpayers helped these companies out of bankruptcy, the taxpayers should be repaid before bonuses go out,” said Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. “It sends a message that those in charge take shareholders, in this case the taxpayers, for a sucker.”
The government has been repaid $23 billion but needs $26.4 billion more to recoup taxpayers’ whole investment. The government still owns 500 million shares of GM common stock, which would have to sell for roughly $53 per share to get all the money back.
The GM documents show that the company plans to pay hourly workers at least $189 million in bonuses next month. About 45,000 workers at GM factories will get more than $4,000 each. Another 3,000 workers at old parts plants that GM is trying to sell will get $3,000 each.
The company would not say how much the white-collar bonuses will cost, but calculations made by The Associated Press show the total will probably top $200 million.
Most GM salaried workers earn in excess of $100,000 per year. A bonus of 8 percent, the midpoint of the range, would give them roughly $8,000 each. That means GM would pay out roughly $224 million.
Final numbers for the bonuses will not be calculated until after the company announces its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings from 2010 later this month.
Chrysler, which needed a $12.5 billion bailout, plans to pay bonuses as well. The government owns about 9 percent of Chrysler stock.
The size of the white-collar bonuses could become an issue later this year when the Detroit Three begin contract talks with the United Auto Workers union. The master contract with all three companies expires in September.
Joe Ashton, the UAW vice president dealing with GM, joined a GM labor relations executive in signing a message to workers saying that the payments are a good example of how union members are sharing in the company’s success.
“We know that 2011 is an important year for both the UAW and GM with contract talks approaching,” the message said. “We look forward to getting a contract that is beneficial to both employees and the company.”
The payments follow GM’s surprising return to profitability last year. The company emerged from bankruptcy cleansed of most of its debt and burdensome contracts and has shown it can make money even in a depressed auto market. Consumers bought only 11.6 million cars and trucks in the U.S. last year, far below the peak of 17 million in the middle of the last decade.
The GM documents say the white-collar bonuses are based on operating cash flow, earnings before interest and taxes, and global market share. This year, the company plans to add vehicle quality to the formula, measured by warranty claims and rankings from Consumer Reports magazine and J.D. Power and Associates.
GM has said its top 100 earners are still covered under government pay restrictions. Cash salaries have been capped at $500,000, but further compensation can be made in stock. Many of the executives still will take home more than $1 million.
Chrysler’s roughly 22,000 blue-collar workers were to get $750 in bonuses even though the company lost $652 million last year. It expects to post a net profit this year after revamping its aging model lineup. Chrysler’s salaried workers also were to get bonuses, but the amounts were not disclosed.
Ford Motor Co. announced plans last month to pay its 40,600 U.S. factory workers $5,000 each, the first such checks since 1999. The Dearborn, Mich., company, which avoided bankruptcy and did not get a taxpayer bailout, made $6.6 billion last year.
Ford also plans to pay performance bonuses to white-collar workers in lieu of raises, but it would not reveal the amounts.
At GM, the bonuses also did not sit well with a former stockholder whose small investment was wiped out in the bankruptcy.
“There’s nothing left for the shareholders, but the people that continue on, I guess they’re doing OK,” said John Chevedden, 65, of Redondo Beach, Calif., who often complained about GM management at the company’s annual meetings. “The shareholders are really taking the brunt.”
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Comments (171)
angelcat
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:09pmWhy is it ok for them to get bonuses when it was evil for those on Wall Street to do so?
Report Post »TheRev1776
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:49pmSame thing I want to know.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:48amUnion
Report Post »Alucard
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:07pmGM learned nothing from this. They are back to their same ways that got them in trouble in the first place. GM should have to pay back the rest of the $26 billion they owe. They should also have to pay back the shareholders they screwed when the gov took over. Obama takes over GM and then pushes the volt and spends yet more taxpayer money to subsidies them.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:59pmWell, Government Motors has earned its new nickname by doing to the taxpayers exactly what government does best to them…I just wonder how much they‘ve contributed to Obumma’s campaing fund. Taxpayers better start yelling bloody murder about this stab in the back. Maybe we need to start a Taxpayers Union.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:54pmThis is what happens when companies are run by bureaucrats and unions instead of business and management people. No bonuses of any sort should have been paid out until GM was flush. This squandering of money prolongs the time for GM to become a private sector company once again. How could they have possibly thought that bonuses at this time was a good idea or acceptable to the taxpayers? Of course, it’s probably the intention to keep GM in the public sector and keep on screwing the taxpayers.
Report Post »slordax
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:52pm400 million should be paid back to the screwed stock holders ….
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:46pmPay your taxes.
The overpaid government workers need the money. :)
Report Post »JoeNY
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:40pmI guess spreading the wealth worked…. the unions got the wealth and the taxpayer got the hose. BTW, didn’t they repay their loans with bailout money?? Also, aren’t they getting sweetheart rebates and subsidies from the federal government? Maybe that equals sales too.
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:34pmFord Motor Company is Obama’s obstacle to state capitalism. Watch him try to hurt them.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:36pmLike they did with Toyota? OOPS no problem with computer systems but got a big fine and bad press … then nothing when it turns out it was NO PROBLEM!
Report Post »ARealCharliesAngel
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:42pm@ CATB…..good point. You know, I wonder if the government is going to refund the fines levied against Toyota for failing to immediately recall their vehicles for a problem that DID NOT exist?! Was it like 30 Million bucks or maybe 60 Million. Theft at its finest!!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:26pmHe will simply resue Ford because of the Pinto, the one a homeless guy is still living in.
Report Post »kandeman
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:29pmAfter what the gov’t and the unions did to the GM bond holders I will never buy or lease a GM product.
Report Post »In fact while on vacation last fall the car rental company tried to give me a Buick and I refused to take it even as a discounted upgrade.
RestoreCapitalism
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:26pmRedistribution at work.
Report Post »JohnnyJT South Philly
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:23pmBull
Report Post »CorePatriot
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:19pm“The payments follow GM’s surprising return to profitability last year. The company emerged from bankruptcy cleansed of most of its debt and burdensome contracts and has shown it can make money even in a depressed auto market. Consumers bought only 11.6 million cars and trucks in the U.S. last year, far below the peak of 17 million in the middle of the last decade.”
Something stinks here.
Report Post »Gruug
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:19pmI to am a FORMER GM customer for most of my adult live. I shall never purchase another GM product again. I will purchase American made but not Government Made.
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:18pmDidn’t that used to be our money?
Report Post »AWM
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:18pmAbsolutely unbelievable, what‘s the Union’s take?
Report Post »Out and out stealing, but hey, here is the transparency Obama promised us!
TheRev1776
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:16pmCracks me up that most Americans saw the bailout of the auto industry as a thing needed to be done. Yet, no one stopped to ever ask why Ford managed to do it on their own with the same “evil” union workers ? Regardless of what we all feel about views, you have to admit that Ford is run but very competent people. GM and Chrysler have spoiled children running their companies. It’s as if Paris Hilton is involved in the board meetings.
Also, I like the excuse of giving these bonuses so their employees don’t jump ship and head on over to Ford. Ha ! Take that Chevy men of the world.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:51amTheRev: Ford saw the crap hitting the fan maybe 10 years before it happened. They started closing many smaller dealerships that were not really profitable to Ford. GM and Chrysler didn’t.
Report Post »Notice nobody in UAW is complaining about the the engine plant GM is opening in Mexico.
jeckelmyhyde
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:16pmI can see ford paying bonuses becuause they did not take any taxpayer handouts., but Government Motors is another story altogether. Government Motors is still playing the shell game with the taxpayer money that they took, if any one should get bonuses, it should be the investors.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:15pmI find this so abhorrent that it’s not even funny. In the past, when corrupt CEOs defrauded stockholders they went to prison and when incompetent CEOs ran companies into the ground they were fired. That process made America great and took us from telegraphs to iPhones. Had the too-corrupt-to-fail mentality of Obama and Bush been around 200 years ago, we would still be sending messages on horseback using Wells Fargo.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:14amGM is finished …it’s just a matter of time…there will be no second bail out….the only thing that will save GM is busting the union and trimming back all programs that do not make financial sense (IE the Chevy Volt for starters). The Volt is a major drag on finite resources and will never make any money, then again that’s what you get when you have Government running a business it has zero experience in and pushing a technology that will never be feasible in a country so large. Green tech is a worse polluter than the current fossil fuel system, not only that it‘ll be SO expensive to impliment it’d be cheaper going back to horse and buggy and steam engine locomotives (burning coal or wood). Stupid moves by a stupid Government.
Report Post »ARealCharliesAngel
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:09pmProudly, a former, livelong GM vehicle owner…..and now LOVE my Honda! I’ll never go back.
Report Post »Before the bailout, BHO screwed the stockholders and now rewards the union workers.
Ironmaan
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:04pmMakes sense. Produce an inferior product, go bankrupt, get bailed out, give workers a bonus for doing a job a monkey could do ( Running a screw into a door panel).
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
randy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:01pmI make it a point and do my best to purchase NON Union products
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 6:46amI have found that it hard to do. Our house is also looking for “made in america”, no longer buying anything from china, which is not easy.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:00pmI wonder what kind of bonus they gave Obama for defying the wishes of the American people to bail their sorry as-es of of impending bankruptcy?
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:00pmDon’t like it? Buy the stock and vote your shares.
Report Post »TheRev1776
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:12pmSame for AIG right ? Wait, no we should just show up to peoples houses and protest.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:12pmWe already own the obligations and we are getting the same deal the last bondholders got.
GM is the quintessential demonstration that the government of the United States of America does not act in the interests of the people of the United States – it acts in the interests of the government.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:27pmBuy the stock then trash it? Smart.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:34pmLOL ..buy shares? It was the private shareholders that got ROYALLY SCREWED the last time … not again.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:12pmLOL ..buy shares? It was the private shareholders that got ROYALLY SCREWED the last time … not again.
But the Union ended up with close to a third of the stock—-aint life grand when the government takes over private business
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:14amWhy would you do that Dummy? So O’carter can take it and give it to the union?
Report Post »randy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:59pmreward for the company’s rapid turnaround after it was rescued by taxpayers??? Sounds like an Oxy,mron. I will never purchase another General Motors product. Ford all the way now!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:23pmHow about “bonuses” for the American Taxpayers? Don’t they still owe us money ? WTF
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:06pmSo I wonder if my comment was removed for saying WInning the Future, or WTF. Every since they hired that Hufpo person, it seems there is no rhyme or reason to why posts are removed.
Report Post »jjmnky
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:29pmFord took bailout too! They were sneaky and pulled one over on you ford guy!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:30pmUnbelievable but now believable , we take the shareholders money , we go bankrupt , we stay employed , we get the best deal from bankruptcy & now we get bonuses .
Report Post »TheRev1776
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:47pm@jjmnky “Fellow Ford spokeswoman Christin Baker this week pointed out that Ford reported its participation in the CPFF in its public SEC filings. She also said Ford participated in the Federal Reserve’s Term Asset-Backed Security Loan Facility, noting that “these two programs addressed systematic failure in the credit markets, and that neither program was designed for a particular company, or even a particular industry.
“Ford was a fractional participant in both of these credit programs, and the federal government made healthy returns on all of these limited transactions.”
So, yes, they did apply for credit back in 2008 and paid back the short term loan. Now what is your next point ?
Report Post »hickoryrat
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:04amBoycott GM.You are right Randy,Ford did not take our money.
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:53amThis is money stolen from taxpayers and bondholders, and “redistributed” to union members.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:59pmDid BHO get a kick back/bonnuse as CEO??
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:08pmHe probably did Banjarmon. Notice he doesn’t have any problem with these bonuses. So he has a problem with the “fat cat” bankers getting bonuses because they got government money. GM was purchased by the government, still owe taxpayers money, but Obama has no problem with the workers getting a bonus. It‘s called hypocrisy and it’s nothing new for him.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Michelle Obama Hypocrisy video
Report Post »TheRev1776
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:11pmYeah he got a kick back, have you seen his bomb proof Cadillac limo ? That was it. Of course we the tax payers get to pay for it. What irks me with this is where is liberal left outrage, same anger over AIG ? Where is it ? ::crickets::
P.S. Right on Ford. I own two Ford cars and will continue to support. Blue Oval !!!!!
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:15pm@TheRev1776 – Me too, I’m a Ford guy now.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:17pmSooooo….what about the goonion workers who drink and smoke pot while at their jobs @ GM?
Report Post »How much bonus do they get ?
AzDebi
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:18pmI heard on the radio today that each hourly employee will be receiving a check for $4k in March…I wonder if all us hard workin’ tax payers will be receiving our little “thank you” notes from them?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:21pmYes, but hey, lets freeze all Federal Workers pay for the next 2 years, oh wait, not if their union, oh and not if they work for congress, and not if they are in the judiciary, and not if they are under certain contracts…..just the few DoD workers….they’re pay is frozen, no bonuses either…..But hey, GM workers, give more crack and beer money.
If this joker was serous, freeze all pay, across the board, any company that received a bailout can pay bonuses, when they pay back every dime. Didn’t Obama say we all had to have skin in the game, I guess that only counts if you contribute to his campaign, otherwise, the big middle finger.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:22pmYes .. bought GM for over 35 years … I am done! Will keep what I have until it won’t run anymore … then it will most likely be a Ford for me too.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:22pmwhere is my bonus, you used my money to stay alive but i get nothing, the tax payer should get his money first not the union. Also if you are so good why did you get to opt out of obama care. Your greed is on matched.
Report Post »PlanetXenu
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:23pmif you people endorse corprate jerks, then by all means, you can join them.
“V” is for victory
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:01pmGov. funded Unions (*&^%#$*&()&^%$#^*&()
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:09pmHow about giving the employee bonuses to the thousands of GM bond holders that got zip out of the Barry/Union Government Motors deal.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:19pmThe American people will get SOME payback from this for the bail out. Most bonus’s are considered to be unearned income and fall into the “luxury” tax bracket. Unless their 401K plan allows them to up their “before tax” contributions in a very quick manner (and then reverse itafter the payout), each person can expect to lose about 48% to Uncle Sam.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:25pmAs long as Beck and other know-nothings criticized Obama for the bail out. GM and the American auto industry are making a rebound. So instead of killing two major corporations and thousand of US jobs on the alter on Aryn Rand, Obama saved those companies and jobs.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:32pmyet again, the Union gets thiers, at our expense. Did the unions already cash out about $4billion from the bailout? Oh wait, that was to union management. Now they feel the obligtion to grease the wheels of the workers leading up to the next election. Makes me sick that my tax dollars are going to buy votes for Obama in 2012.
Seriously, it’s time to boycott all GM products and services until every dime is paid back in full.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:22amStop the insanity!!!!!
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:30amThere is something fishy about all this. It doesn’t make sense. I would not buy a GM car even used. I think they shaould have been allowed to fail. Believe me I do believe there are kick backs being given!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com Western artist
Report Post »MysteryMan2
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:42amYeah, he’ll cash them in come 2012, for their “support” in his rig-election campaign.
Report Post »MysteryMan2
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:45am@ Banjarmon:Yeah, he’ll cash them in come 2012, for their “support” in his rig-election campaign.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:10amWelcome to Obama‘s redistribution of America’s wealth.
If you look deeper into the following, you can find all sorts of underhanded ways the left plans to take taxpayers money and give it to minorities, etc.
This takes a minute to open up, then save it as a PDF which is easier to look through:
http://web.mit.edu/colab/work/innovation-equity-report.pdf
Then look at Emerald Cities, check out their site and links and other information found on the site:
http://www.emeraldcities.org/
Somewhere I have seen that auto company health care was the way to bring single payer to America. Also, most of these are connected to Joel Rogers, Van Jones, and George Soros, sooner or later.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:12amHere’s another link to check out:
http://web.mit.edu/colab/work/emerald.html
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:16amShould be paying the taxpayers back first. Kind of how they got into trouble before, eh?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:18amOn second thought, since the workers got a bonus……they can give royalties to the taxpayers, as well. It’s the taxpayers that kept them going.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:43amThey need to keep their employees happy for just a little longer. The huge GM plant in China isn’t quite finished, but when it is, most GM employees in the Detroit and Canada area will be on the unemployment line. Unless of course they want to transfer to China and work for $20 bucks a day.
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 4:09amYour tax dollars at work paying off the Union……….
Report Post »Ponder : How do you have a profit when you haven’t paid back the taxpayers?
shy
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:56amIf Obama didn’t have double standers. He wouldn’t have any standers at all.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 6:03amMust be nice being a fat lazy union worker sitting on their butts getting paid taxpayer dollars for crappy cars and trucks. I want a refund and an impeachment.
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 6:32amI think I see in my future a new mustang! With fords in my past and currently a now 7 yr old Dodge- I will not throw my money towards GM. But boy I would love to see an american designed car, quality built with american materials and parts and without the unions involved. Ofcourse- I plan to pay cash for mine.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 6:44amAny time you see “Bonuses” and “Government” together you can rest assured the bonuses go all the way to the TOP of Government, IN CASH to the Top so the exact amounts are not on record in case of a FOIA. The IRS Collections Division is an example. ” Do your own research and confirm, don’t take my word for it”. http://www.supremelaw.org/library/kickback.html; http://www.supremelaw.org/library/interview.html
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:05amDidn’t take long for Government Motors to take on the government persona of spending tax payer money faster than they can steal it.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:13amThank you all for ignoring the trolls on this feed. Notice, when ignored, they post some other random, inflammatory comment from the public computer at the library.
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:29amMOPAR or No Car!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:35amI’m part owner of this company…where’s my bonus?
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:58amwould like to laugh this one off but it hurts too much
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:56amYou people are gonna love this one …..
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oldoldtimer
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:58amThis is nothing more than payment for their Obama vote. Bonuses when the company is still loseing money. Stilll owes more than its worth?
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:01amYep! Bailed ‘em out so they could make the union stronger. They all payed us back by giving big bonuses before they even bother repaying all the loan our country shelled out to them to save their sorry azzes. An example of our Liberal Government at work so they can have strong Unions, kinda like the Brotherhood! No GM for me. I’ll go FORD from now on, if our money continues to be good and not lose all it’s worth. Geeze, what a mistake our country has made. Vote for moral and smart people with a handle about how to manage this country and deal with our enemies.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:36pmLet me get this straight – American taxpayers LOAN money to GM so they won’t go belly-up. Shouldn’t it be the American taxpayers getting bonuses or at least interest on the loan? After we saved these workers jobs.
Report Post »RICK74
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 12:15pmTax payer strike no purchase of union products till public employees stop soaking us
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