Home » Posts tagged with » GM

“New” GM – Sorry America, no help with your defective “Old” GM Cars

We first learned that when the Obama White House organized and implemented its special restructuring plan for GM and Chrysler, it failed to set aside money to pay wrongful death and injury lawsuits, leaving hundreds of Americans without recompense for suffering and injuries obtained because of defects in GM and Chrysler automobiles. Now, it seems [...]

27 Comments

Collective Bargaining and Public Employee Unions

In light of all the recent discussions about collective bargaining and public employee unions, I would like to spend a little time discussing the affects of collective bargaining, and…

30 Comments

Carnival of Crony Capitalism

There is a huge difference between a government that is "business-friendly" and a government that is "market-friendly." The Obama Administration resides squarely in the former category. First from American Thinker's…

Comments Off

WSJ: Cash for Clunkers “One of Washington’s all-time dumb ideas”

Regular readers of this blog have been well-versed in the numerous failures of the Cash for Clunkers program. But the Wall Street Journal went straight for the government jugular with…

Comments Off

No “money back guarantee” for taxpayers – we’re stuck with the GM bailout tab

No “money back guarantee” for taxpayers – we’re stuck with the GM bailout tab

The TARP Congressional Oversight Panel announced Tuesday that “New GM” will have to achieve “highly optimistic” market performance if the Federal government is to have even a chance of recovering…

13 Comments

Obama Auto Strategy Is To Level The Playing Field

Now that the GM bankruptcy is on its way to becoming an afterthought it's time to ponder what will happen to the domestic auto manufacturing industry. As Kim noted yesterday,…

Comments Off

Hoveround Users of The World, Unite!

Hoveround Users of The World, Unite!

I doubt that General Motors executives ever, in their wildest dreams, imagined that one day their chief competitor might be The Scooter Store: General Motors Corp. is teaming with…

Comments Off

Pay for Performance Act of 2009

House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank is taking his TARP mandate and the Obama Corporate Management Strategy to the next logical step by proposing legislation that would heavily regulate the…

Comments Off

Obama to Wagoner : Drop Dead

Yesterday, Kim blogged about GM’s announcement of the immediate resignation of its CEO, Rick Wagoner. Apparently this was at the behest of the Obama White House, as part of a…

Comments Off

Do the worst car companies really make the worst cars?

The Truth About Cars has just published their 2008 10 Worst Autos list. 9 out of those 10 cars are made by GM or Chrysler, and the VW Routan is widely considered to be nothing more than a bad copy of the Dodge Caravan. All ten of these vehicles are currently in 2009 model year production.

Comments Off