tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post575534279234400048..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Morally Relevant Considerations for Auto Industry BailoutAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-45009372212064728092011-09-19T22:11:21.762-06:002011-09-19T22:11:21.762-06:00i would be much more interested in bail out plans ...i would be much more interested in bail out plans that let the company in question fail (since they have proven their incompetence in their industry) but give the bail out money that would have been given to the failing company to their companies competitors under the agreement that as they expand to cover the percent of the market vacated by the defunct company that they hire the workers from the defunct company that are now jobless. the competitor that hires the most of the now jobless people can get the most of the bailout money. if they turn around and fire those people then they have to give us the bailout money back.<br /><br />an investment in the competitors could allow the competitors to buy up the failing company and continue running its buisness successfully and employing the people that were employed by the old company<br /><br />downsides of this would be in areas that have few competitors and would lead to monopolies. the car industry does not seem to be one of these fieldsKristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08544209777124068097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-58508981084144405752008-11-20T01:27:00.000-07:002008-11-20T01:27:00.000-07:00Did GM actually fund a disinformation campaign? I ...Did GM actually fund a disinformation campaign? I haven't heard about this before.<BR/><BR/>As Wikipedia editors would say, <A HREF="http://xkcd.com/285/" REL="nofollow">[citation needed]</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-44491161606290521612008-11-19T06:41:00.000-07:002008-11-19T06:41:00.000-07:00The UAW needs a little tough love. It derailed th...The UAW needs a little tough love. It derailed the Cerberus deal at Delphi. Today GM suffers a loss of about $2,000 per vehicle sold. On the other hand Toyota whose employees are not part of the UAW earns a profit of about $1,200 per vehicle sold. If GM was able to operate with labor prices near Toyota’s it would have pocketed an additional $29,715,200,000.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://nomedals.blogspot.com/2008/11/gm-bailout-makes-no-sense.html" REL="nofollow">GM bailout nonsense </A>Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707747781007743555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-55676611013468863182008-11-19T06:18:00.000-07:002008-11-19T06:18:00.000-07:00As Al Capp in his satirical comic strip of decades...As Al Capp in his satirical comic strip of decades ago said, <B>"What is good for General Bullmoose is good for America!"</B> It is also difficult to feel compassion for GM's rank and file with their $80/hour salaries. I would venture to say that very few in this country make that kind of money. In effect, GM has profited from a nation's fear and ignorance, and the union memberships involved have shared in the "ill-gotten" gains. And, if US America suffers economically, that is the price it has to pay . . . the price that it would expect the rest of the world to pay for wagering its future on fallacies and misguided leaders. Lets not forget that US America has been quick to point out the "weaknesses" and "ignorance" for those who followed other faulty ideologies. <BR/><BR/>I have compassion for the tears but the tears are coming from the same people who were an active force that backed US America's claim of superiority over the rest of the world. Now the world is telling it that the "bill" has to be paid!!!antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909850387414677663noreply@blogger.com