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OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN
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The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said.

Wagoner's departure is one of the remarkable strings attached to a new aid package the administration plans to offer GM.

The White House confirmed Wagoner was leaving at the government's behest after The Associated Press reported his immediate departure, without giving a reason.

On Monday, President Obama is to unveil his plans for the auto industry, including a response to a request for additional funds by GM and Chrysler.

"I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem. To me it's part of the solution."
Barack Obama



http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20625.html





i wonder if Barney Frank will replace him?


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America's debt problem is a "sign of leadership failure"

We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: lonestar2004]
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I wonder if this move is more for public perception than anything else?

In any case, Wagoner did lead the company into this situation, maybe it is time for him to leave. :shrug:


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I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW!

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: dill705]
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I have no problem with Wagoner leading, but I think the unions should be dissolved for the same reasons.


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: Seuss]
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Uh, perhaps you have a point there. I'll ponder that one.

Wait, it wasn't the union's responsibility to make the company profitable was it?


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My advice is to find those things that give pleasure and do them often without too much attachment and relax and wait for the show to end.

-Icelander-

I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW!

~dill705~

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: dill705]
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dill705 said:
Wagoner did lead the company into this situation, maybe it is time for him to leave. :shrug:


lets hope Obama can lead it better.....


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America's debt problem is a "sign of leadership failure"

We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

Barack Obama

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: dill705]
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Which is precisely the point.

Although, not the only reason for failure for the Big Three, unions are definitely in the front running. When I lived in Detroit, I saw UAW workers getting laid off all the time........

I always asked them, " why do you pay your dues....if you can still get pink slipped like any swinging dick?"

My personal belief is that unions used to have a place for the American worker.....in the last twenty years the Unions themselves cared more about their own existence as an organization, then the workers they supposedly represented.....  (kinda sounds like our Federal legislature)

Any way, Brass Tax =  they costed the Big Three millions in overhead they could not suck up.

(the leadership within the Big Three is also to blame for accepting this)

In response to the article,
To have direct intervention from the executive  (or least the appearances thereof) is quite troubling.


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Edited by SirTripAlot (03/29/09 09:03 PM)

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: SirTripAlot]
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if the government is dead-set on giving them money, then i agree this was a necessary step.

the fact that the government is giving them money, as well as removing a citizen from their job in the private sector, is disturbing.

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: JT]
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to be fair that CED did run his company into the ground.


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"The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done—dare I say it—in the name of God. Montesquieu said, "There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of God." And I begin to feel that’s true. The shareholder is the excuse for everything."
- Author and former M6/M5 agent John le Carré on Democracy Now.
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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: JT]
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justin_thyme said:
if the government is dead-set on giving them money, then i agree this was a necessary step.

the fact that the government is giving them money, as well as removing a citizen from their job in the private sector, is disturbing.


I don't think it's really that disturbing. It was just one of the conditions of the bailout.


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: ScavengerType]
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> to be fair that CED did run his company into the ground.

Absolutely, and in a big part because he gave into insane, unmaintainable union contracts.  The same way that massive salaries and bonuses for executives kill companies, so can the unions.  If Obama really wants to get rid of the problem at GM, he needs to attack it from both ends... management and the unions... otherwise he is wasting tax payer money to support a sinking ship for a few more months.  Keeping the unions alive with taxpayer money is not much different than paying bonuses at AIG with taxpayer money.

Edit: when I talk about getting rid of the unions, I am speaking towards the existing labor contracts, not the actual unions.


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Edited by Seuss (03/30/09 04:45 AM)

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: Seuss]
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Seuss said:
Edit: when I talk about getting rid of the unions, I am speaking towards the existing labor contracts, not the actual unions.


Why stop there? :lol:


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: fireworks_god]
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i dont necessarily disagree with obamas' action.. but what bothers me is this double standard for detroit vs companies such as AIG..that have done far more damage...


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: fireworks_god]
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> Why stop there? :lol:

Because it isn't the actual unions that are the problem.  It is the insane labor contracts that management made with the unions that are the problem.


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: Seuss]
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Obama will fix the problem. What a team!  the Government and business working together for Profit!

sounds like a great idea!

what could go wrong?


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America's debt problem is a "sign of leadership failure"

We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: lonestar2004]
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LOL Capitalism:  Socialism for fat rich guys.


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: Seuss]
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Obama has stated that the labor contracts need to be reworked and all parties involved have major concessions that need to be made.


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My advice is to find those things that give pleasure and do them often without too much attachment and relax and wait for the show to end.

-Icelander-

I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW!

~dill705~

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: dill705]
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> Obama has stated that the labor contracts need to be reworked and all parties involved have major concessions that need to be made.

Obama has lied about a lot of things... when I see action, then I will believe him.


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: Seuss]
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He made it a part of his plan to help GM and Chrysler restructure. I listened to his speech on it today and union concessions were treated as a necessity towards profitability.


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My advice is to find those things that give pleasure and do them often without too much attachment and relax and wait for the show to end.

-Icelander-

I like free markets and all. Truly I do, at least in general, but there needs to be some kind of oversight in recognition of sustainability. Life works the same way, on a bunch of sustainable systems. Why not honor what made us what we are and take some lessons? Nature FTW!

~dill705~

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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: dill705]
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dill705 said:
He made it a part of his plan to help GM and Chrysler restructure. I listened to his speech on it today and union concessions were treated as a necessity towards profitability.


The UAW will give concessions the day Jimmy Hoffa climbs back out of the Chicago River.


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Re: OBAMA DEMANDED GM'S CEO RESIGN [Re: dill705]
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dill705 said:
I listened to his speech on it today and union concessions were treated as a necessity towards profitability.


we'll see...

"I want every American to know that the path I'm laying out today is our best chance to make sure that the cars of the future are built where they've always been built -- in Detroit and across the Midwest--..."



The Government will now decide where cars should be built...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-the-American-Automotive-Industry-3/30/09/


sounds great! :smirk:


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America's debt problem is a "sign of leadership failure"

We have "reckless fiscal policies"

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.

Americans deserve better

Barack Obama

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