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Originally Posted by rmyers
This has to be a joke right? How the hell can the white house dictate to a private company who is going to run it? Do you mean they said it would be a condition on more bailout money? If this is true it ought to scare the hell out of every one of us! Considering the White House is being run by people that have never run so much as a lemonade stand...if this is happening....the automakers won't be here long.
Futhermore, the White House is not the only part of government that makes the rules. They did not make the decision alone to bail out GM. It was a Congressional decision. It seems to me, it would take a congressional decision representing the tax payers to force GM to do anything.
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in Obama's eyes, GM is not a private company anymore..That is the real trick behind all these "orders"...
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Originally Posted by Tal
Trying to discuss the current auto industry without politics is like trying to discuss congress without politics. Sure it can be done, but it will be devoid of substance on many key issues. I wish this wasn't the case but it is and they are becoming more intertwined everyday. Maybe a new board will do GM some good, but it doesn't fix GM's excessive legacy and labor cost issues.
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I agree, a sub-forum should be created to allow talk of politics once more. I think it is about time considering the Government will soon own a majority stake in GM.. This forum shouldn't cater to silencing or censoring talk that I feel is very important during these times.. Remember that sugar-coating everything and erasing threads that are simply going against the current administration is only helping out the take-over..