Just wanted to give kudos to the Republicans for holding back their support for this Auto bailout until they get more concessions from the Union. The UAW is one of the biggest contributors to this mess.
Of course now the UAW is blaming the GOP for holding back the bailout. It passed the House and the Dems have a majority in the Senate and Bush would sign it. Why do you need Republican support? either the GOP is uber unified (doubtful) or there are some Dems afraid to support it without the Republican stamp of approval, so that if it fails, they all have someone else to blame.
The same issue exists with this bailout as with the Wall Street one. We’re giving people money who are responsible for failure. We’re not holding the right people accountable. The Republicans are finally willing to make that stand.
In other news, a substitute teacher in England this week told a class of 7 year olds that Santa wasn’t real and parents really put the presents out. Some of these same parents were livid.
“We’re lying to our kids and you ruined it!”
Not an exact quote, but you get the point.
Peace.