Okay -- it's time for a long-repressed rant. Why, pray tell, do the automobile manufacturers in Detroit deserve taxpayer money? Tell me, please. Just one good reason!
It never ceases to amaze me how some people are all for capitalism when it works for them, and totally against it when the product they're selling ... say, gas guzzling, ugly death-machines, for example ... fail to succeed in a capitalist market! They were bailed out before, and may need it again in the future. Bottom line: in spite of what we are led to believe, it might NOT be a bad thing for our auto manufacturers to fail. In fact, they've already failed, and are asking to be a subsidized industry, much like corn.
And don't even get me started on that $1 a year business. Do they really think we believe that that is the amount they will be writing in on their tax forms? Many CEOs outside of that industry already work for $0 salary, and, thanks to stock holdings and other investments, they are still bizillionaires, or at least mizillionaires.
The only people who are losing in this whole mess are, as usual, the workers. But I'm sorry to say that even with the auto manufacturers in their towns, they haven't been getting such a sweet deal. So perhaps it's time to bite the bullet and work on creating some sustainable jobs in a variety of industries in these towns so that thousands of people won't have to go without bread every time the auto manufacturers loose touch with market demand.
I know I sound Marxist, but ... come on, people! Evolve already!
1 comment:
I concur!
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