Posted on 08/22/2011 7:06:09 PM PDT by jazusamo
President and Government Motors drive consumers into a ditch
The U.S. auto industry wouldn’t exist today if it weren’t for President Obama, or so he says. According to the White House, the 2009 $80 billion auto bailout - of which at least $14 billion was lost - not only saved the American auto sector but preserved 1 million jobs. If you believe that one, he has a $45,000 electric Chevy to sell you.
Earlier this month, at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Chicago, Mr. Obama even argued that Ford, which didn’t take a federal handout, had him to thank for its success. “If [Ford‘s] competitors had gone down, they would have taken down a whole bunch of the suppliers you depend on,” he said. “The brand of American autos would have diminished. That would have had severe consequences for Ford, and that’s the challenge we faced when I took office.” This is an audacious claim. It’s also baloney. Had its competitors vanished, Ford’s greatest challenge would have been to see how quickly it could ramp up production to snap up their market share.
In Minnesota last week, Mr. Obama lectured car companies to start investing in smaller cars. “You can’t just make money on SUVs and trucks,” he declared. “There is a place for SUVs and trucks, but as gas prices keep on going up, you have got to understand the market. People are going to try to save money.” It’s the height of chutzpah for a wannabe executive with no business experience to think it’s his prerogative to tell carmakers that they need to “understand the market,” especially because it’s obvious Mr. Obama is the one who doesn’t understand consumer behavior.
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Don’t forget it’s usually the people that do hard physical labor that drive pickups. Obama and his kind can’t relate to them.
WANT to see something? Hand him a blank piece of paper and a pen and ask him to draw an American flag with the exact number of stars, or the first ten amendments to the constitution.
Bet you it would be funny to watch.
I’ve got 2 F150s myself.
A Prius and a volt just don’t cut it,
You just need a dozen of them and then hire a dozen drivers to haul your stuff. See, that’s his plan to solve unemployment.
good rides..good rides..but I cant climb into one that doesnt have running boards because of my back..that sucks.
Obama violated the law and stole about $20 billion in equity, bonds and receivables from GM stockholders, bondholders, suppliers and other investors. He then stole about $14 billion from tacpayers. All so he could bring GM down and turn it over to the United Autoworkers labor union.
GM should have been allowed to go into bankruptcy and restructure its debt and labor contracts. But that was not in the best interest of the labor union.
Obama isn't bright enough to figure this out on his own.
This was a plan thought out ahead of time and diagramed for him by the UAW and the banks that profited from this illegal takeover and redistribution.
Obama is an oily, crooked front man for the people who brought the US economy to the brink of collapse in the fall of 2008 and the people who destroyed GM.
He belongs in prison.
“White people drive pickups. Therefore, pickups are bad and should be illegal”
Hey!!!
A conservative god fearing pickup driving Black Man!!!
lol!
:)
That's a keeper ;-)
Just countin’ off the days until Perry breaks it off in this idiot.
Well, yea, there’s that too.
The bailout was for the banks, not GM.
Wait, they will be back for more.
Bailout is the name of the game. Shift the losses onto the American Public.
It’s a sweet gig if you can get away with it....oh and still look at yourself in the mirror the next day.
“At the root of every problem is a Filthy Rat!
That’s a keeper ;-)”
LMAO your are most welcome ,all for the cause!
Gotta admit that’s a first for me.
Not the bumper sticker. The trailer hitch.
I see lots of black people in “pick up” trucks in the city where I work, some in new ones and young people in older models. Some of them in awesome SUVs. Many are business trucks in the black community. Privately owned businesses, people trying to make a go of it.
You know what’s REALLY wrong with pick up trucks? If you have one you can survive on your own—not depending on the Marxist government the narcissist has created to survive.
Let me be clear....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ARBz4n2fI8
You lie!
Anybody “needing” a pick-up is the enemy of the Ivy League egg-heads running DC and looting the country. Anybody who can “do” anything has got their number......
Hey nard bag (Not you J!), 90% of the country don’t wear a tie when they go to work, we need trucks.
A good Arizona company that has many AR-15 parts too!
Ever wonder why uber leftists hate pickups and SUVs in this country? They are a proven tool for civilian resistance forces. Watch how they applaud their use in countries where they support the civil unrest and overthrows.
Now the rear of that Ford is decked out right, especially the hitch cover. :-)
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