We Won't Play Politics With GM...
...except when we do. I think everyone pretty much assumed that Obama's promise of treating GM like a real business and not as a political plaything was BS from the start, particularly when Congress started intervening in dealer-closure decisions about 5 seconds after the promise left Obama's lips.
Henry Payne has a roundup of Congressional micro-management at GM. One example:
Chrysler and GM have moved aggressively to cut their transportation costs, effecting Teamster jobs and riling the union's political friends. Chrysler, for example, will save 25 percent of its $111 million annual hauling budget by transferring to lower-cost carriers. But Michigan reps from both sides of the aisle are unimpressed, reports the Detroit News. "Relatively minor short-term cost savings generated by shifting this work to non-unionized companies is greatly outweighed by the elimination of good-paying, union middle-class jobs," complains Michigan Republican Thaddeus McCotter.
What do "good-paying" trucking jobs have anything to do with GM's health?
Dr. T:
"What do “good-paying†trucking jobs have anything to do with GM’s health?"
We're discussing the Teamsters Union. Crossing them in any way, shape, or form is bad for one's health. Unionism = licensed thuggery and licensed extortion.
November 2, 2009, 4:55 pm