Harry Reid: Auto bailout is for the workers, not the corporate fatcats

[babylonsister]

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Harry Reid: Auto bailout is for the workers, not the corporate fatcats
By David Neiwert Thursday Nov 20, 2008 12:28pm


Congressional Democrats just announced that they want auto-industry leaders to present them with a plan before they proceed with any vote on an auto-industry bailout bill.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:

We all can throw all the barbs we want at the three people who fly down here on their corporate jets. But we're concerned not about them, we're concerned about the hundreds of thousands and millions of people who are involved in the automobile industry who want these jobs and who need these jobs, we want them to have the jobs. We want them to work and come up with a proposal that we can get through here by Dec. 8.

Hmmmmm. Can we make it a stipulation of any bailout that the corporate leadership of these firms be summarily fired (sans golden parachutes) and replaced? That would be my first recommendation.

[Deja Q]

1. Nice of him to speak up, and he's got a point. Without the workers, who can buy the damn things?

[lib2DaBone]

2. Harry Reid... go back to your Luke Warm Cup of Tea and your Porrage...

..You 'Frigging Phony! (rest of message self-delete)

[Lumpsum]

3. But it's the fatcats who get the bailout money.

Is Harry Reid personally going to divvy up 25 billion dollars amongst the factory workers? No. We all know where the bailout check goes, and who profits from it.

[babylonsister]

5. Then they had better come up with a plan. I can't believe they went

to the hill without one. Reeks of incompetence imo.

[Coexist]

4. amen.

[rucky]

6. I don't believe anything that's not written into the bill.

and even then...

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. NOW Reid gives a damn about us?

NOW?

Reid measures minus a trillion on my credibility meter.