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Pensions have been a noose around GM’s neck for years, but the company is tying to address it. In June, GM said it will offer 42,000 white-collar retirees in the U.S. a lump-sum payment in lieu of their monthly pension check and will transfer pension responsibility for 76,000 others to a group annuity plan managed by Prudential Insurance. The company has yet to announce the results of the offer.
1 posted on 08/16/2012 3:55:30 PM PDT by Harley
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Should have been “addressed” as part of any bailout. Of course the purpose of the bailout was to shore up the union.


2 posted on 08/16/2012 3:57:11 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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GM is dead.


3 posted on 08/16/2012 4:00:02 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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This is a duplicate post. Sorry. My GM Bankruptcy search didn’t reveal it to me.


4 posted on 08/16/2012 4:02:09 PM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But it's going to get a lot Tougher if you vote for Obama in Nov.)
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is “head”?


5 posted on 08/16/2012 4:03:52 PM PDT by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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At least they are not waiting until the first Wednesday of November.


6 posted on 08/16/2012 4:05:52 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Romney was right about the Olympics, but neither the Brits or the Dems will admit it.)
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General Motors is Head For Bankruptcy -- Again

They is be head for that?

You know, sources that fail to master English tend not to get too much credibility.

I be sorry dem suckas be head for dat, eberyone up in de gettho be sorry 2wo yo.

Who dey be head fo up in here?

7 posted on 08/16/2012 4:09:10 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo, being wily, pities the fool.)
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Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Thought the Chevy Volts were going gangbuster in sales. (”


8 posted on 08/16/2012 4:13:31 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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This left the government holding $10.1 billion worth of stock

I think the government is going to do the same thing I did with my GM stock a couple of years ago.

And I think it was part of the plan all along. Basically they will be giving the remainder of the company to the union. I believe the corporation still has value such as real estate, patents, and other items that can be salvaged for the benefit of the union and it's sponsors.

We are watching a great american corporation being cannibalized by looters right before our eyes.

9 posted on 08/16/2012 4:13:39 PM PDT by oldbrowser (As long as Obama's records are sealed, any discussion of Romney's past is off limits.)
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Right now, the federal government owns 500,000,000 shares of GM, or about 26% of the company.

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Cheer up sir, we'll give it another try!

11 posted on 08/16/2012 4:17:05 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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I see no problem here?!


13 posted on 08/16/2012 4:21:37 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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I see no problem here?!


14 posted on 08/16/2012 4:22:03 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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GM died as a company 35 years ago ~ from that time onward about all they manufactured were the body shells for several cars and three types of SUVs. The parts were made by others towards the end.

The management, with the Board of Director's approval, was gutting the company and getting the last penny out of any productive capacity, but it wasn't being added to in any meaningful way.

Finally, it was a marketing division ~ for hire ~ by foreign auto makers.

The proper termination would have involved a sale of the assets and a total dissolution of every aspect of the corporation, right down to busting up the concrete in the parking lots for use in road building projects elsewhere.

Bond holders would still have been shorted because there simply wasn't enough to cover the debt.

The next bankruptcy is the end of the road. No more GM. And yet UAW will probably be sued by everybody and his brother over that multibillion dollar payoff they got.

They'll probably lose that too having obtained it under false pretenses.

15 posted on 08/16/2012 4:29:58 PM PDT by muawiyah
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GM, Solyndra, high speed rail, etc. All of Obama’s spending is to pad pockets. None of the projects are really planned to succeed. He probably wants them to fail. All part of what has to happen to lead to the big “transformation” of America.

He has to destroy the country before he can transform it. Obama and all of his buddies should be swinging from the yardarm.


16 posted on 08/16/2012 4:34:44 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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Hey maybe they should produce nothing but Voltz!

Why give the sucker a choice? Make them buy Voltz!

With the upcoming war in Iran, it actually makes sense! Stockpile inventory, cause there's gonna be a big demand soon!

18 posted on 08/16/2012 4:37:02 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force." J Q Adams)
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Heh.
GM is going under, and I helped - by buying a Ford instead.

My family has always driven GM products. My first vehicle was a GMC 4X4 truck.

No More! I helped put Government Motors down - I'm so proud.

19 posted on 08/16/2012 4:40:47 PM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party of No, Nobama, No Way, No How!)
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Thats because their cars suck!


23 posted on 08/16/2012 4:57:11 PM PDT by TheGunny
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The Corvette ZR1, Camaro ZL1 and the Cadillac CTS-V are decent vehicles. I do appreciate the Camaro ZL1 putting the pressure on Ford to produce the 662hp 2013 Shelby GT500.


25 posted on 08/16/2012 5:29:37 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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Thug government + thug unions

What could go wrong?


26 posted on 08/16/2012 5:44:06 PM PDT by Walrus (Restoring America starts today! Let's roll!)
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During the first GM bankruptcy there was a post comparing the bailout to what happened to British Leyland. The government saved the company only to later see it collapse anyway. The post said this is likely what would happen to GM as well.


39 posted on 08/16/2012 6:37:33 PM PDT by xp38
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