tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post6309486513219602061..comments2024-01-12T11:26:35.176-05:00Comments on Working Stiffs: I Want One Too!Working Stiffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270595837074553752noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-25738102200103098812008-11-13T13:27:00.000-05:002008-11-13T13:27:00.000-05:00I was on board with the financial bailout until I ...I was on board with the financial bailout until I found that some of that money may go to fund the Inbev takeover of Anheuser-Busch. So our tax dollars will help cut thousands of American jobs. <BR/><BR/>Sweet, huh? <BR/><BR/>Sorry gang, I'm in a bit of a sour mood.Wilfred Bereswillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019217952304685255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-71065300288860708502008-11-13T11:56:00.000-05:002008-11-13T11:56:00.000-05:00Amen, Joyce! I want to know when OUR bailouts and ...Amen, Joyce! I want to know when OUR bailouts and golden parachutes are coming. The government is so concerned about big business and industry, but what about ordinary citizens who can't pay for groceries or afford to put gas in their cars to get to work?<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'm bitter, too. <BR/><BR/>No one is ever accountable for their actions anymore. The only reason I don't want to see these big companies go under is because of the employees who will ultimately lose their jobs. They are the real victims in this whole situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-12912897892934698352008-11-13T10:00:00.000-05:002008-11-13T10:00:00.000-05:00Economics 101: You're only eligible for a bailout ...Economics 101: You're only eligible for a bailout if you ad a lot of money and blew it through your imprudent attempts to get even more. People who never had any money are not eligible.<BR/><BR/>I have the best of both worlds with my Honda Civic. It never breaks down, it's fun to drive, gets great mileage (37.8 on a recent Western vacation), and its parts were made and manufactured 85% in the United States and Canada. Stockholders might be anywhere, regardless of the car company. Keeping the people here working is the key to a "domestic" auto industry.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-64375911717323662702008-11-13T08:48:00.000-05:002008-11-13T08:48:00.000-05:00Hear, hear, Joyce. I'm with you on the stupidity o...Hear, hear, Joyce. I'm with you on the stupidity of the auto industry. Why reward them for shortsighted foolishness and wrongheadedness? <BR/><BR/>But we actually DID bail out the airline industry, after 9/11. Massive amounts of money went to them, and they are still struggling and reorganizing. Delta and Northwest just merged, creating the largest airline in the world. But Delta flights are still the most expensive in the entire US in my home airport of Cincinnati. Grrr. <BR/><BR/>Karen in OhioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-64836601015585673532008-11-13T07:54:00.000-05:002008-11-13T07:54:00.000-05:00I think the problem is the "quick fix, bottom line...I think the problem is the "quick fix, bottom line" mentality endemic to U.S. business, be it Wall Street, the auto companies, or the publishing industry.<BR/><BR/>Not sure what's going to get us to look at things with a longer-term vision in mind, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-14696944819478791392008-11-13T07:29:00.000-05:002008-11-13T07:29:00.000-05:00I'm with you Annette.And while we're at it, what a...I'm with you Annette.<BR/><BR/>And while we're at it, what about a bailout for the middle class parents putting their kids through college who don't want to saddle them with thousands and thousands of dollars in school loans? Maybe instead of giving the university presidents big raises in the present economy, the state should give the money to the students and their parents.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-63919368374938677192008-11-13T07:24:00.000-05:002008-11-13T07:24:00.000-05:00Martha, that's exactly what frightens me about thi...Martha, that's exactly what frightens me about this whole thing. We're the ones who will ultimately pay for it. We pay WAY too much in taxes already.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-87520205756219723892008-11-13T06:54:00.000-05:002008-11-13T06:54:00.000-05:00I'd like a slice of the CEO and bank president sal...I'd like a slice of the CEO and bank president salary pie. Especially since that's likely the pocket the bailout money ultimately goes into anyway. <BR/><BR/>I sound bitter???<BR/><BR/>Nooooooo.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-19079994375856279782008-11-13T06:42:00.000-05:002008-11-13T06:42:00.000-05:00Yes, please, I'd like a slice of the$700 billion b...Yes, please, I'd like a slice of the$700 billion bailout pie.<BR/><BR/>Oh, what? I already get a slice, since I'm a taxpayer? Excuse me? Did you say I get to PAY for it?<BR/><BR/>Nevermind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com