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Government Motors Union Employee’s Get 5k Bonuses, Taxpayers stiffed

You know, I still haven’t been repaid by GM for the loan (bailout), have you? Since day one I was never in favor of bailing out GM. We’re never getting our money back. Maybe congress can do up some legislation banning any government bailouts in the future. Sounds like a good idea to me.

In a post last week I noted that the bailout of Government Motors was nothing but a gift to greedy big labor. Here’s what I wrote:

Hey! Speaking of bailouts… Did anyone get a check in the mail from GM yet? Oh! Silly me. We aren’t getting any checks in the mail from GM, all that money went to big labor.

As usual, right again!

Now this:

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union won $5,000 signing bonuses and the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks as part of a new four-year contract with General Motors Co., two people briefed on the talks said Saturday.

The deal, which was reached late Friday, also includes a $2- to $3-per-hour pay raise for entry-level workers over the life of the contract and guarantees more union jobs, the people said.

Union greed. Pure and simple. Nothing more, nothing less. By the way, in that same post I wrote last week, this item was also included:

According to a government report, taxpayers will lose $14 billion in the bailout.

Bottom line, the greedy unions are taking our money, the money they owe us for saving their sorry asses. They just flipped us the canary, bit the hand that fed them, and stiffed us. How’s that for gratitude? Union greed, baby!!! How does it feel getting a hot poker up your keister? You can ultimately thank Barack Obama and the Democrats, they made it all possible! Remember that next year when you’re at the voting booth. Oh don’t worry, I’ll remind you.

American made with union labour!

Labour Secretary Broom Hilda Solis

What better way for the Labour Secretary, Broom Hilda Solis to show her support for good old big labour than buying a Government Motors SUV near the Labour Day weekend! Good for Broom Hilda!

Let’s see what the proud Labour Secretary had to say about her wonderful Government Motors union-made vehicle:

“What better example could I set if I encouraged my staff to go and purchase and seek how we could acquire a vehicle that would for me would send a signal that we’re for supporting our American workers, American-made products, fuel efficient as well.”

Why, I’m just so inspired by Broom Hilda’s words of wisdom and actions, by golly I might just go out and buy one of them myself!

Solis added that she was inspired to buy the Chevy because of the pride she saw in American auto workers during trips to U.S. car and truck plants. She said that she was wowed by “the pride that they take making our automobiles here in America.”

Oh yes! The other shoe is about to drop!

The car is made at two Canadian plants and has been so popular that General Motors has been hiring more workers in Canada to keep up with demand.

Yo, Broom Hilda! Wanna get away?

Another reason never to buy GM junk

You know that nice car you bought a few years ago? It was an Impala right? Yeah, well, about that warranty that you think still covers your vehicle.

Well… that was the old GM. We’re the new GM and uh, well, we don’t feel the need to honor that warranty anymore. Like I said, that was the old GM. You understand.

General Motors Co is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years, saying it should not be responsible for repairs because the flaw predated its bankruptcy.

The lawsuit, filed on June 29 by Donna Trusky of Blakely, Pennsylvania, contended that her Impala suffered from faulty rear spindle rods, causing her rear tires to wear out after just 6,000 miles.

Seeking class-action status and alleging breach of warranty, the lawsuit demands that GM fix the rods, saying that it had done so on Impala police vehicles.

But in a recent filing with the U.S. District Court in Detroit, GM noted that the cars were made by its predecessor General Motors Corp, now called Motors Liquidation Co or “Old GM,” before its 2009 bankruptcy and federal bailout.

So let’s put this in a real perspective. Those 400,000 car owners also gave GM their hard-earned money to help bail out GM, and this is how GM says, “thank you?” Wow! Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

Who controls GM now? Big Labor and the government. What president benefits heavily from Big Labor campaign contributions? And then we have Obama’s Justice Dept. What do you suppose the odds are that GM wins this lawsuit?

All I can say is, I don’t buy GM junk, never will.

In a related good news story, GM stocks are down 6.1%.

GM sponsors and celebrates soon to be released Red Chinese Communist propaganda film

Need a valid reason never to buy a GM product? Here ya go!

GM. Once called General Motors, makers of Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet and GMC (Jimmy) here in the U.S., now accurately called Government Motors as it has been nationalized by the Obama administration and has cost taxpayers billions that they will never get a return on. In fact, they are still losing money, proving what I have said all along. We should have let it go, something new would have taken its place.  That’s the natural order of free markets as well as life  and nature itself.

With big labor firmly in control of GM, what I have said about big labor being communist is finally exposing itself for all the people who called me a right-wingnut to see. And again, I say “I told you so” and am the one laughing last.

via the Washington Times:

In late 2010, General Motors agreed to sponsor a propaganda film celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP made film titled (translated to English) “The Birth of a Party” or “The Great Achievement of Founding the Party” is set to premiere all over the Communist nation on June 15.

So if you buy a General Motors product, you are supporting communism, you are aiding communist propaganda, so what does that make you?

You can bet your last dollar I will never buy GM junk. Commie cars. Thanks but no thanks. Like I said earlier in this post. We should have let them go belly up.

There once was a time when GM, particularly Chevrolet was Americana at its finest, remember? No? Well here, let me refresh your memory:

HA! HA! HA! LMAO!!! My, oh my! As Bob Dylan once said, “The times, they are a changing.”

This, from China Autoweb:

“According to an announcement posted on Shanghai GM’s official web site yesterday, whose title reads “joining hands with China Film Group, Cadillac whole-heartedly supports the making of the Birth of a Party…”

The article goes on:

“As the CCP marries totalitarianism with capitalism and fools the people with entertainment, only the “politically correct” or stupid–or those who pretend to be so–can get rich. And GM seems to know this very well. While Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volvo have all rushed to please China’s rich and powerful through physical enlargement (offering models of extended wheelbases), Cadillac gratifies the party orally, singing praises through a film.”

What was it the father of Soviet communism, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin used to call the stupid and naive westerners that aided communism without their knowledge again? Oh yeah. “Useful Idiots.” Case in point, General Motors.

Here are the screenshots of the entire article in China Autoweb (click to enlarge and read):

Government bails on GM bailout, taxpayers lose billions

That’s what happens when you have a community organizer and fellow traveler with no business experience assuming control of a company. That GM bailout will cost us 50 billion dollars. Has everyone been noticing that the Obama administration is costing us a whole lot of money? We can’t afford another 4 years of this idiot in the White House.

The U.S. government plans to sell a significant share of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. this summer despite the disappointing performance of the auto maker’s stock, people familiar with the matter said.

A sale within the next several months would almost certainly mean U.S. taxpayers will take a loss on their $50 billion rescue of the Detroit auto maker in 2009.

Never should have bailed GM out. It’s not too big to fail. Anyone that claims it is, is a Marxist. I would have let it go if I was in Obama’s shoes. I’ve been saying that since day one. But when you’re a union puppet, I suppose that changes things. What did Obama say about special interests again during the campaign? Another lie.

Here’s something for you to ponder. You know that 61 billion dollars the GOP wanted to cut from the budget, but Obama and the Democrats whined and screamed and told the American people that was barbaric and extreme. That the elderly will die, yada, yada, yada… Well they just took 50 billion dollars and threw it away. Go figure.

Now, the headline of that Wall Street Journal story is, US Hurries to Sell GM Stake. Now then, if you’re a typical community organizing, labor friendly leftist, you won’t get it, but the rest of us know this isn’t good. That headline should raise a big red flag to any normal person. They’re trying to dump the stock because something bad is on the horizon. Whatever could it possibly be?

Shares have been hurt by rising fuel prices…

Who is actually simple enough not to see that coming? Obama’s energy policy. I dunno, maybe “The One” envisions GM and the other automakers to outfit every car and truck with a great big mast, with a windmill on top, or a bridle attached to a unicorn ridden by fairies sprinkling pixie dust on the roads, chasing rainbows.