| Newsflash! Turns out the Big 3 automakers are run by a bunch of arrogant assholes! Well, duh! Who didn't know that already? But no...since said assholes decided to do a typically assholish thing and show up in three separate private planes, we're going to let the U.S. domestic auto industry die. (BTW, has anyone checked to see how the financial CEOs traveled to DC when they suckered us intogiving them $700 billion? Just asking...) The problem here is that even if the worst happens and all three car companies are destroyed, Mullaly, Wagoner and Nardelli are not going to be the ones to bear the brunt of this situation. These are guys who make million of dollars a year. They'll certainly take a hit...and probably will have to settle for some sort of six-figure consulting gig somewhere. But they're not going to have to go on food stamps. Instead, it'll be former auto workers who don't have any savings to fall back on, and especially people in Michigan who make hamburgers, sell clothes, appliances or other goods and services to the line workers who will have no income. These are the folks who WILL have to go on food stamps and who will pay the price if we blow up the U.S. auto industry. Look, fire the damn CEOs - and all of the management too. Exile them to Afghanistan if you like. I completely support that. But this is about a hell of a lot more than 3 assholes on private planes. This is about an industry that involves 1 in 10 American workers. Don't punish the servants for the sins of the master. |
