Comments on: Leaders of Congress Now Beseech Treasury to Assist GM, Ford, and Chrysler http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/09/leaders-of-congress-now-beseech-treasury-to-assist-gm-ford-and-chrysler/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marlon http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/09/leaders-of-congress-now-beseech-treasury-to-assist-gm-ford-and-chrysler/#comment-78398 Marlon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:37:45 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1364#comment-78398 If a bail out is the only good option, it would be necessary: - Company pay cannot exceed $95K/year, including the CEO. - CEO Wagoner must go. - List portfolio of cars to be built. SUV, even hybrid of electrict is not acceptable at this time. I am looking to buy a compact car. From what I can tell, GM has only garbage cars. The only car which is promising is the Volt. If a bail out is the only good option, it would be necessary:

- Company pay cannot exceed $95K/year, including the CEO.
- CEO Wagoner must go.
- List portfolio of cars to be built. SUV, even hybrid of electrict is not acceptable at this time. I am looking to buy a compact car. From what I can tell, GM has only garbage cars. The only car which is promising is the Volt.

]]> By: Lance http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/09/leaders-of-congress-now-beseech-treasury-to-assist-gm-ford-and-chrysler/#comment-78377 Lance Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:22:47 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1364#comment-78377 Enough of the handouts, the taxpayers can not continue to support this stupidity. If you want to save American auto manufactures simply place a $5,000 tariff on imported autos. This will cause the buyer to look at GM, Ford and Chrysler products. We do not need to keep handing out money Enough of the handouts, the taxpayers can not continue to support this stupidity.

If you want to save American auto manufactures simply place a $5,000 tariff on imported autos. This will cause the buyer to look at GM, Ford and Chrysler products.

We do not need to keep handing out money

]]> By: DaveP http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/09/leaders-of-congress-now-beseech-treasury-to-assist-gm-ford-and-chrysler/#comment-78324 DaveP Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:02:09 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1364#comment-78324 Either the website is broken or everyone's tired of hearing from me. Third and last try. Big insurance company has taken a huge chunk of the money that could have otherwise been used for bailout loans to the automakers (This money came from the company pool, not the banking pool - they're separate): http://tinyurl.com/5otnjf Either the website is broken or everyone’s tired of hearing from me. Third and last try. Big insurance company has taken a huge chunk of the money that could have otherwise been used for bailout loans to the automakers (This money came from the company pool, not the banking pool – they’re separate):

http://tinyurl.com/5otnjf

]]> By: DaveP http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/09/leaders-of-congress-now-beseech-treasury-to-assist-gm-ford-and-chrysler/#comment-78322 DaveP Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:59:51 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1364#comment-78322 Ooops, my (incredibly insightful ;) message vanished into the moderation ether. In a nutshell, the feds just spent a huge amount of the money (somewhere between $65-90 billion, depending on how you work the numbers) that could have been used to bail out companies like GM. What valuable company did they use it for? Why, our old buddies at AIG who apparently didn't get enough the first time!! http://tinyurl.com/5otnjf Ooops, my (incredibly insightful ;) message vanished into the moderation ether. In a nutshell, the feds just spent a huge amount of the money (somewhere between $65-90 billion, depending on how you work the numbers) that could have been used to bail out companies like GM.

What valuable company did they use it for? Why, our old buddies at AIG who apparently didn’t get enough the first time!!

http://tinyurl.com/5otnjf

]]> By: N Riley http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/09/leaders-of-congress-now-beseech-treasury-to-assist-gm-ford-and-chrysler/#comment-78317 N Riley Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:30:26 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1364#comment-78317 The politics of this situation is such that we will be paying for bad political decisions along with bad management and bad workmanship for many years. The problem with all of this, not counting the untold billions of dollars of wasted taxpayer money, is that when it is all over, the same politicians and management will be in office. It is a sorry situation and there is not a damn thing any of us can do about it. The politics of this situation is such that we will be paying for bad political decisions along with bad management and bad workmanship for many years. The problem with all of this, not counting the untold billions of dollars of wasted taxpayer money, is that when it is all over, the same politicians and management will be in office. It is a sorry situation and there is not a damn thing any of us can do about it.

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