GM Boss Stepping down

[cousincletus]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: Win

The UAW probably does, at least to one party, but for all time ROI on campaign donations, you have to tip your hat to AIG - for a few paltry hundreds of thousands to President Obama, Senator Dodd, and their cronies, they got back hundreds of billions, pretty much with no strings attached.


On Sept 17 2008 Obama was still a senator, and the first and hugest AIG bailout went through.


From what I remember, the original Bush bailout was the one with no strings attached. The one that actually went through was rushed though.

 

[Kestas]

Originally Posted By: rshunter
Originally Posted By: Win
And if GM cars sucked before, they will likely be unbelievably bad after the gubmint gets done with them.

Oh boy, that's an understatement! Ever witnessed a Moskvitch?
Anyone want a Lada Riva? Somebody?
I was thinking more along the lines of K-car. The K-car appeased gov't as a practical car to secure the loan money, but was phased out for more exciting products once Chrysler got back on their feet.

 

[TooManyWheels]

Originally Posted By: cousincletus
Originally Posted By: TooManyWheels
Originally Posted By: cousincletus

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9023771&contentId=7044470


What are you trying to prove with that link?

The world oil consumption is growing. That has nothing to do with middle class jobs going oversees, it has to do with a general global commercialization. How much greater would the consumption have been if the jobs had stayed here?


You can't put 2+2 together?


You can't figure that had those jobs stayed here the energy required to support them would have been equal or greater?

 

[rshunter]

Originally Posted By: Kestas
Originally Posted By: rshunter
Originally Posted By: Win
And if GM cars sucked before, they will likely be unbelievably bad after the gubmint gets done with them.

Oh boy, that's an understatement! Ever witnessed a Moskvitch?
Anyone want a Lada Riva? Somebody?
I was thinking more along the lines of K-car. The K-car appeased gov't as a practical car to secure the loan money, but was phased out for more exciting products once Chrysler got back on their feet.

I've been paid to drive more cars than most people could ever identify. Based on that, I'm not so sure I wouldn't choose the Lada over the K-car.

Then again, I had the chance to drive a Mk1 Dodge Caravan which had a tuned 2.2 turbo in it. Holy shyte, that thing was insane! When the turbo got on the boost it was like Rick Moranis, as "Dark Helmet", ordering up "LUDICROUS SPEED!!!"

 

[PandaBear]

Oh boy, I'm surprised that this thread is not yet locked.

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