Originally Posted By: the G-man of Zur-En-Arrh
 Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
I don't understand why some people get more angry at the guy earning 20 bucks an hour who actually produces a product than the CEO's who make millions of dollars while their companies fail. There were some comments here & there when the previous bailout was happening but really compared to what the union people are getting on this thread, CEO's got more of a pass.


I don't see anyone here, other than you, supporting this bailout which would, by its very nature, support CEOs as well as union bosses.

True, some of us have commented that the only reason that the Democrats are pushing this particular bailout is as a sop to the UAW. Some of us have even opined that the UAW may do its workers, and the industry, more harm than good. However, that's not the same thing as saying that we're angry at the individual workers.

As TTT mentions, bailouts in general are a bad idea. They reward incompetence and often serve only to make the economy weaker in the long run.


I guess I'm sort of in the same boat that I was when it was Bush pushing for a bailout. Not being automatically against it or for it isn't really being supportive IMHO. And I am aware that this industry also has the same type of CEO's that the banking does. While I'm sure nobody here really likes the overpayed CEO they just seem to get more of a pass then the union worker here.

Fair play!