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Automaker Makes Quick Exit from Bankruptcy; CEO Says Company Will Repay Taxpayers Ahead of Deadline

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by eightsigma July 11, 2009 12:13 PM EDT
"The only difference is that the government now controls the board of directors."

If they fail, I'll be the first to say you were right. If it works, I expect you to acknowledge the value of government intervention.
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by tiktin July 11, 2009 12:09 PM EDT
The "new" GM? Emerges from bankruptcy a few days after they went in? As far as I can see, they have the same management and the same unions. The only difference is that the government now controls the board of directors. What a joke.
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by eightsigma July 11, 2009 12:13 PM EDT
"The only difference is that the government now controls the board of directors."

If they fail, I'll be the first to say you were right. If it works, I expect you to acknowledge the value of government intervention.
by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 12:05 PM EDT
Name something that is in fact really made in the US from parts made in the US !
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Tbanks to 18 years of free trade globalization and the New Economy, NOTHING is made here anymore.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

If you want to bring jobs back, we have to stop free trade.

Free trade is destroying our economy.
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by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 12:03 PM EDT
***** TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT *****
nextgenman09 is a partisan troll. nextgenman09 is not capable of anything except taunting, name calling, jeering, sneering, profanity, and obscenities, without contributing any facts or ideas to the discussion. Ignore all posts from nextgenman09.
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by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
Wouldn'T it be a wiser approach to put your collective brain power together and figure out a way to become competitive in a global economy???
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OK, let's try that.

YOU think of a way to compete with slave labor without becoming slaves ourselves.

Get back to me when you figure out something.

I won't hold my breath.
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by nextgenman09 July 11, 2009 11:19 AM EDT
You sound bitter because America kicked the nutball GOrPse to the curb. The stench of the rotting RINO GOrPse is satisfying.
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by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 10:47 AM EDT
by imprisonrove July 11, 2009 4:42 AM PDT
Wasssamatta, losers? afraid GM will be a viable company again??
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No, we're afraid your communist messiah the almighty Pelosi will keep robbing billions of dollars out of our pockets and stuffing it into the pockets of the ultra wealthy crooks who ran GM into the ground in the first place.

The now-famous Obama reverse accountability policy. Reward failure, and steal from the people to give to the rich. Thus making us all poor.

Obama hates the common people. Obama hates the worker, which is why he rewarded GM with $30 billion to keep sending more jobs out of the USA.

Obama is our enemy.

Obama is the worst president in 100 years.

It's Christmas in July for the GOP in 2012.

Obama is making the GOP look good.
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by nextgenman09 July 11, 2009 11:19 AM EDT
You sound bitter because America kicked the nutball GOrPse to the curb. The stench of the rotting RINO GOrPse is satisfying.
by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 12:03 PM EDT
***** TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT TROLL ALERT *****
nextgenman09 is a partisan troll. nextgenman09 is not capable of anything except taunting, name calling, jeering, sneering, profanity, and obscenities, without contributing any facts or ideas to the discussion. Ignore all posts from nextgenman09.
by nextgenman09 July 11, 2009 12:20 PM EDT
Darthy, maybe you should ask Congress to pass a Bill to take away my Freedom of Speech. Trashing the Constitution is a RINOpublican thing after all.

....and "obscenities and profanity"? Nice try.
by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
why would I buy a Ford or Chrysler which are building their cars in Mexico, while Honda's and Toyota's are being built in America, by Americans?
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hungry, you convinced me!

From now on, it's buy Made in USA for me.

Nothing but Toyotas!!!
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by hungry1968-16 July 11, 2009 10:14 AM EDT
They can sell profitable cars, if they ever decide to start making reliable, fuel efficient vehicles - like Honda does with the Accord or Civic, or Toyota does with the Corolla or Camry.

I'm a union guy, and I'm all for supporting unions, but I'm also a smart consumer. I'm not going to plunk down tens of thousands of dollars for a vehicle that's not going to last as long, as an equally priced vehicle.

And as much as I am a union guy, I'm also an "America First" guy. So why would I buy a Ford or Chrysler which are building their cars in Mexico, while Honda's and Toyota's are being built in America, by Americans?
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by eightsigma July 11, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
"Basically, they're pushing this useless gas guzzling vehicle, like they pushed their USEFUL gas guzzling SUV's."

They don't "push" anything. All they want to do is sell profitable cars. Their problem has been too much short-term thinking... a problem all too common with public companies these days.
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by hungry1968-16 July 11, 2009 10:14 AM EDT
They can sell profitable cars, if they ever decide to start making reliable, fuel efficient vehicles - like Honda does with the Accord or Civic, or Toyota does with the Corolla or Camry.

I'm a union guy, and I'm all for supporting unions, but I'm also a smart consumer. I'm not going to plunk down tens of thousands of dollars for a vehicle that's not going to last as long, as an equally priced vehicle.

And as much as I am a union guy, I'm also an "America First" guy. So why would I buy a Ford or Chrysler which are building their cars in Mexico, while Honda's and Toyota's are being built in America, by Americans?
by darthcheney345 July 11, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
why would I buy a Ford or Chrysler which are building their cars in Mexico, while Honda's and Toyota's are being built in America, by Americans?
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hungry, you convinced me!

From now on, it's buy Made in USA for me.

Nothing but Toyotas!!!
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