Ideology once again trumps the consequences of hundreds of thousands of workers in the auto industry lossing their jobs as Senate Republicans seem hell bent on bringing the entire economy to it’s knees in order to kill one of America’s largest unions.
Once again, the differences between this “bailout” and the one last month for Wall Street are shocking and have much broader implications for the overall health of the national and global economy.
As I pointed out yesterday, this isn’t just about the jobs of thousands of union workers who design and sell the cars in Detriot. It’s also about the hundreds of thousands of workers across the Country who sell and repair those cars who Senate Republicans decided to punish in their zeal to get at the autoworker unions.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and sons Carter and Colton.
Yeah, this isn’t about the pay union auto workers receive; it’s all about breaking the UAW once and for all.
Not to worry, the bailout money will be provided. The UAW has too much political clout for that not to happen. Not that it will do any good, 15 billion dollars will just be the down payement. The auto makers would be much better off in Chapter 11, but the owners are just as selfish and foolish as the union. It’s truly hilarious, we’re going to give billions to the auto makers now and take it away later when Obama gets cap and trade mandates in place.
By the way Dan, it’s all about the UAW, they could car less about their non-unionized brethern.