Obama has gone over the line; no other President would dare cross it, and Obama leaped over with such grace that the media seems to be missing the point. Buried deep into the NBC news website, tucked away behind CNN's breaking news about Madonna, and peeking out just slightly at the FoxNews website, is a President of the United States pushing a CEO out.
Obama has fired Rick Wagoner, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors. The mainstream news media brushes by the fact, because they know how this looks to people who pay attention. For instance, on the CNN story, they briefly say that Obama 'asked' Wagoner to step down, followed by a long discussion on the size of his retirement package. NBC news let the cat out of the bag, saying that Obama put the ultimatum on the table of "fire him if you want bailout money". They then, of course, went on to talk of how this is 'Obama working hard for the American people' to ensure their not going to lose "America's car company."
Of course, this whole thing is a mess. Obama threw himself into the fray and it's a complete mess now (Deja Vu). Let me offer my spin.
Let GM go under, by itself, no taxpayer money getting dumped into it. Let them then, if they so desire, file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and restructure the company. This would give them time to figure out what went wrong, (unions, poor product, price control, for a few examples), and start over, costing you and I, the taxpayers, nothing. This is called Capitalism. It ensures the right to fail and start over. It is what I would have to do in the circumstances, what any small business would have to do, and what any freedom loving American should do. Take your burden on your own shoulders.
Enter, then, Bush and Obama's auto bailouts. Taxpayer money thrown into a failing business. A President pressuring a CEO of a private company out. This is a road leading straight to Socialism. And, let me say this, even though it's no secret; SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK!! (ie. Russia, Venezuela, many Caribbean islands, most of Central America, Britain, Canada, etc... Countries that are not doing well because of their government getting in the way of the peoples freedoms; the freedom to be the best that they can be, to succeed, to fail and get back up again, to start fresh and new, to live their life the way they see as best.)
I guess this is the start of the long, slippery slope to Socialism America voted for. Congratulations everyone. You've created a monster. God help America.
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I am not a very political minded person and I have been inspired to comment on your thoughts about a few things. I don't typically share my opinions on this stuff, so I apologize if I sound uninformed and out of loop. In reading all of the paragraph above as well as some about your profile, you describe yourself as a follower of Jesus Christ as well as an avid political follower, two great and contradicting aspirations frequently. First what strikes me about your comments is that I am not sure if I am to be censured or inspired. Quite frankly, the "vinegar" spat at the readers by your comments is hard to take. Are you trying to piss people off by insulting us for the choice the American people made for president? Or are you hoping to anger people more about the current state of our economy and what has not been working for several years? Is this what Jesus would do? How are you making a difference in the world by putting the president and the American people down? A beauty of our country lies in having the freedom to share thoughts and feelings openly, but my challenge for you is to give examples and thoughts about what people can do to help themselves now, not anger them or fuel the fire more. The president has a hard enough job to do without people adding to his load. What difference are you making? Second, what strikes me harder is that it seems to me you have also insulted God and Christian people. God does need to help America and everyone in the world every second of every day and NOT because of the choices our president makes or the path that American politics takes. We are where we are as a country and economy because of our sinful nature as individuals not because of the president or politics. How are you demonstrating Christian love and accountability here? I do agree that people need to be responsible for their actions and sink or swim in some sense, however given the time of year I am going to refer to the fact that Jesus was sent to save us from sin, death and the devil to give all who believe in him eternal life. It is also time for reflection, repentance, and forgiveness. How are you following Lord Jesus Christ and promoting his love through such commments like "God help America"? It reads very sarcastically. Where are you in this? In plain english, it kinda feels like you need to get off your high horse and join the rest of us trying to live day to day dealing with what we're given and working to make a difference with what we have, not through insults or anger. Thank you, for putting yourself out there. I do admire your will, desire to make a change and for welcoming comments, even if what is said does not mesh.
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