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How is this thread not closed? I mean, this is a political topic, and I thought we weren't supposed to have those here on C5? Unless of course, mentioning GM gets you out of the political discussion (but, since the government "bought" a big piece of GM and gave another big piece to the UAW for their own political reasons, it is kind of ridiculous to think it is anything but a political discussion).
On top of that, I've seen other threads get closed that were far less heated than this one's getting.
Someone keeps pointing out that by "saving" GM, the government saved x number of jobs (try proving that you saved jobs...you can prove which jobs were lost, but you can't prove you saved jobs). Why should the union jobs have been saved? Forget the jobs, why should the union's pensions or healthcare plans been saved? What makes them so special? They didn't save my (or millions of other American workers') jobs, or healthcare, or other benefits. I lost my job and couldn't find another one due to this administration's policies and the uncertainty that they were/are bringing for American businesses. However, I stilll have to pay my own way. I still have to pay for my own healthcare. I don't have a big pension coming, or eternal benefits like the union, and yet, I pay for my own.
Sorry, the UAW (and all other unions for that matter) should have to shoulder their own pension/benefit burden like us regular working stiffs. But, instead, the taxpayers shoulder those burdens, only to find that they may not have any left to pay for their own. What a great deal for taxpayers.
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