Freebie Jeebies

November 14, 2008 by Stephen Kruiser
Filed under News and Opinion

President-elect “Here’s Your Pony” and the open checkbook nightmares controlling Capitol Hill can’t wait to find new sinkholes to throw your money down. The Botox Hag and her pal Harry want to make an end-run around common sense and try to salvage an auto industry that for decades has had no interest in salvaging itself. The good news is that they might not have time to do it before The One ascends to his throne.

It seems that Republicans in the Senate are finding some of the guts in defeat that they couldn’t back in September, when they were working on building a “Super Minority” presence in Washington. The Democrats don’t quite have the majority needed to shove anything they want anywhere they want…yet.

The auto industry’s problems go way beyond the current financial crisis. Plagued by greedy, strong-arm unions and greedy, weak willed execs who are so shortsighted they can’t see beyond lunch, it’s been snowballing towards oblivion for some time. The snowball just happens to be hitting peak speed right now. If it finds a way to hold off until January it will receive Federal Failure Reward package, courtesy of Chris Dodd (D-The Titanic) and the new president.

Continuing a theme of mine…these price tags keep going up. The automakers were already guaranteed $25 billion in low interest loans. Billions? That’s so two months ago. Round One is a feint to get the taxpayers to bite on a number. Once they’ve numbed us with an amount that already seems ridiculous they come in with Round Two, which is a variation on the “What’s a little more?” theme.

You will constantly be reminded that you’re too stupid to understand this complex economic stuff. Here’s all we need to know:

1)Again, the price tag will continue to go up.

2)The Secretary of the Treasury is making the rules up as he goes along.

3)If a small business ran itself the way these large industries do, it would be allowed to fail without anyone in Washington blinking an eye.

When Barack Obama gets into office, let him know loud and clear,

No, se puede.

(Cross-posted from America Needs Me)

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December 18, 2008 at 10:23 pm

[...] Stephen Kruiser from Fort Hard Knox said: The auto industry’s problems go way beyond the current financial crisis. Plagued by greedy, strong-arm unions and greedy, weak willed execs who are so shortsighted they can’t see beyond lunch, it’s been snowballing towards oblivion for some time. The snowball just happens to be hitting peak speed right now. If it finds a way to hold off until January it will receive Federal Failure Reward package, courtesy of Chris Dodd (D-The Titanic) and the new president. [...]

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JJ says:

November 15, 2008 at 12:46 am

I’m glad the Republicans in the Senate are finally finding some guts. I agree that the price tag will keep going up and the problems have been building for some time. But there is a single group that is responsible for both – Congress. They have the power to truly come together and formulate a long-term solution with a fixed price tag attached to it. They also should have acted much earlier to fend off the auto industry problems before they got to this point.

In this area, I feel like our Congress has failed us. I think they need to focus all of their energies on fixing the economy. Hopefully the next Congress coming in January can do a bit more than the current Congress seems to have done. Sure, let Obama know your feelings. He set up a website for just that purpose. But don’t forget your other elected representatives who really have more power in this situation because they control the budget.

People need to write their congressional representatives and ask them to make fixing the economy their top priority. Or, join with a group to help strengthen your voice by signing a petition. It is much quicker than writing your congressperson, and it still sends a message to Congress to take action. Here’s one petition like that – it is from the Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the new Congress to fix the economy first – http://www.friendsoftheuschamber.com/email/email4.cfm?id=171

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