GM to boost Lordstown output due to clunkers incentives

Higher sales from the government's Cash for Clunkers program have prompted General Motors Co.

[average_guy]

The taxpayers all kick in for Cash For Clunkers and Barack and Rahm get more hours for union workers who vote for, contribute to, and support the Leftist Democrats. The rest of use get bigger tax bills and rising unemployment, plus the promise of Government Health Control and Cap-And-Trade Tax. Isn't Socialism wonderful?

[Topper]

good for GM..
We'll need more Klunkers for the next generation of trade-ins.....

[Mickey]

Enjoy the automotive production boost while it lasts. Anyone who might have been thinking about getting rid of a clunker in the next 2 or 3 years is going to do it NOW in order to receive the federal debt funded rebate.

So what you have done is you have taken 2 or 3 years of potential new car sales and squeezed them into a 6-month period. Prepare now for the production downturn to come.

[Eugene_C]

How about that, it works. It's like an electric defribrilator on an economy with heart disease.

Now once we get things beating again we need to unclog all the arteries that are holding the rest of the economy down or things will just collapse again.

[Eugene_C]

average_guy wrote:

The taxpayers all kick in for Cash For Clunkers and Barack and Rahm get more hours for union workers who vote for, contribute to, and support the Leftist Democrats. The rest of use get bigger tax bills and rising unemployment, plus the promise of Government Health Control and Cap-And-Trade Tax. Isn't Socialism wonderful?

So, the republicans take cash from Goldman Sachs lobbiests and then give them favors. What's the diff? At least the little guy is getting a piece of the action this time. Hooray!

[Liberty]

Here is an idea for the GM workers getting called back; instead of sitting on your forklift, reading the paper, and complaining about your entitlement, how about a little effort? Can you give me something to feel good about? It hurts to watch my hard earned money, and my kids future, go towards providing work to a lazy, self absorbed, finger pointing, over paid "laboror".
Let's give it the good ole American try, huh? Let's break some production records! Let's aim for Zero Defects resulting from human laziness and lack of attention! Let's give a damn! LOL...yeah, right.

[jimmy agler]

i am sure i am not the only one hoping this is just the begining of a turnaround at gm.ohio needs all the hope it can get.

[jimmy agler]

you people are amazing,,,i thought the accusation of republicans wanting america to fail was truly a myth.i swear you are pathetic.sometimes i can't believe i wore a uniform to protect people who would later question my patriotism,and then hope to see america fail so they could win a friggin election.

[glenn]

Liberty wrote:

Here is an idea for the GM workers getting called back; instead of sitting on your forklift, reading the paper, and complaining about your entitlement, how about a little effort? Can you give me something to feel good about? It hurts to watch my hard earned money, and my kids future, go towards providing work to a lazy, self absorbed, finger pointing, over paid "laboror".
Let's give it the good ole American try, huh? Let's break some production records! Let's aim for Zero Defects resulting from human laziness and lack of attention! Let's give a damn! LOL...yeah, right.

guess you think this is still the 70's the jobs on the GM lines are timed at 57 seconds per minute and hopfully everything goes without a problem. Wake up and get real!!!

[Dave]

At least Government Motors will get some work out of those UAW stiffs that they have to pay if they work or not.

[John Galt]

Is demolishing perfectly good houses next on the Democrat Congress agenda?

[toyota sucks]

Liberty wrote:

Here is an idea for the GM workers getting called back; instead of sitting on your forklift, reading the paper, and complaining about your entitlement, how about a little effort? Can you give me something to feel good about? It hurts to watch my hard earned money, and my kids future, go towards providing work to a lazy, self absorbed, finger pointing, over paid "laboror".
Let's give it the good ole American try, huh?

Let's break some production records! Let's aim for Zero Defects resulting from human laziness and lack of attention! Let's give a damn! LOL...yeah, right.

you must be talking about jap factories?

[jimmy agler]

Liberty wrote:

Here is an idea for the GM workers getting called back; instead of sitting on your forklift, reading the paper, and complaining about your entitlement, how about a little effort? Can you give me something to feel good about? It hurts to watch my hard earned money, and my kids future, go towards providing work to a lazy, self absorbed, finger pointing, over paid "laboror".
Let's give it the good ole American try, huh? Let's break some production records! Let's aim for Zero Defects resulting from human laziness and lack of attention! Let's give a damn! LOL...yeah, right.

your faithin your fellow americans is touching. a few things you wouldn't have without the work of unions:a 40 hour week,overtime,benefits,a 5 day week.the next time you are punching out at 5 on friday you might thank unions but you won't.and please don't even try to claim companies would have given workers these without unions because if that were true unions would have never gotten started.

[Dave]

jimmy agler wrote:

<quoted text>your faithin your fellow americans is touching. a few things you wouldn't have without the work of unions:a 40 hour week,overtime,benefits,a 5 day week.the next time you are punching out at 5 on friday you might thank unions but you won't.and please don't even try to claim companies would have given workers these without unions because if that were true unions would have never gotten started.

Your argument made sense back in 1925 but we have labor laws today that prevent abuse like this from happening.

[glenn]

Dave wrote:

<quoted text>Your argument made sense back in 1925 but we have labor laws today that prevent abuse like this from happening.

and who do you think pushed for these labor laws, wake up and smell the coffee. Ever wonder if the decline in Unions and the decline in average wages(inflation adjusted)have anything to do with each other...

[jimmy agler]

glenn wrote:

<quoted text>and who do you think pushed for these labor laws, wake up and smell the coffee. Ever wonder if the decline in Unions and the decline in average wages(inflation adjusted)have anything to do with each other...

You're right. Since unions have been declining it does seem like the government has been cutting back on laws like overtime.

[NOMORECOBALTS]

Topper wrote:

good for GM..
We'll need more Klunkers for the next generation of trade-ins.....

GM cars are for sure CLUNKERS

[jimmy agler]

glenn wrote:

<quoted text>and who do you think pushed for these labor laws, wake up and smell the coffee. Ever wonder if the decline in Unions and the decline in average wages(inflation adjusted)have anything to do with each other...

or the fact that conservatives have been trying to roll back labor laws and worker safety every chance they get under the guise of "getting govt off our backs" or "less govt regulation"

[glenn]

jimmy agler wrote:

<quoted text>or the fact that conservatives have been trying to roll back labor laws and worker safety every chance they get under the guise of "getting govt off our backs" or "less govt regulation"

And kill the Unions in country also

[jimmy agler]

Dave wrote:

<quoted text>Your argument made sense back in 1925 but we have labor laws today that prevent abuse like this from happening.

you mean like the law that is allowing companies to deny overtime pay to more workers than ever?or maybe the laws that protect workers that have been gutted in the name of "less regulation" like worker safety?try reading about the delco brake plant here in ohio that exposed workers to toxic fumes on the assembly floor.the ventilation fans were broken and the company refused to fix them,so the workers open exit doors to clear the air.management chained them shut,including 2 fire exit doors.how did workers finally get this all fixed?they had to sue to bring it out.face it big corp america is only interested in 2 things,bonuses for execs and keeping workers in total fear for their jobs so they don't complain when benefits are cut,wages are frozen and over time becomes mandatory and underpaid while the ceo got his bonus for keeping costs down.yeah unions have no place in this world.spoken like someone who has never been blue collar.