Comments on: Breaking: UAW Unhappy with Auto Loan Terms; Asking for Changes

By: native Virginia

native Virginia — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:48:57 +0000

The quality of the Big 3 in Detroit is not in question here folks. Its the UAW. Toyota and Nissan are doing so well due to the fact that they are non unionized companies. Get rid of the UAW and the unions and you will see costs cuts across the board, better quality, and lower prices for consumers. Why would consumers spend $40,000 on an American Truck when they can get the same equiped truck from a foriegn automaker for less? Do the math folks!

By: Bill in Georgia

Bill in Georgia — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:10:28 +0000

I have a 15 year old Toyota with nearly 200,000 miles on it and no major problems. I had a Big 3 truck with less miles and the engine died even with great maintenance. When the UAW gives up their pension like other industries I will consider a Big 3 auto. I have friends who lost their entire retirement when their companies went into Chapter 11 because their 401K was funded with sotck that became worthless. Let the UAW take their licks like the rest of us. No bailout, no bull!

By: Reggie in Florida

Reggie in Florida — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:14:48 +0000

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE BIG THREE ARE IN TROUBLE IN LARGE PART DUE TO ALL THE ”PATRIOTIC” AMERICANS WHO BOUGHT ALL THOSE MILLIONS OF IMPORTS.

By: Martyg

Martyg — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:44:03 +0000

I think we should let the UAW write the bailout condition’s. That will bring a quick end to the big three and save us, the tax payers, from a auto wellfare syastem.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:05:19 +0000

I also forgot to say how in the world did this bailout all of a sudden become the union workers fault? we don’t make millions of dollars nor do we drive our vehicles for free like the ceo’s and managers do!!!!!!!

By: cheryl

cheryl — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:01:52 +0000

I can’t seem to understand all of the sorry and negative comments! Did you guys forget about the aig’s bailouts that took their ceo’s to flordia for a big party off of YOUR monies! I guess that’s ok, but in the long run when they (REPUBLICANS) start sending all jobs overseas including yours and you start working two jobs in which most people in the southern states do (ms,ala,etc) working at walmart, nissan for minimum wages no health care and can’t buy medicine that they need and the employer taps you on your shoulder one day and say hey we don’t need you anymore, then MAYBE you guys will understand what a union is all about!!! not just wages but health care and a retirement to look forward to. Now days if you’re making min. wage you can’t afford to save money or buy health care insurance. Those days are over !!! so get use to it and find you a job that has a union to look out for you!!!!!

By: gloomboom.com

gloomboom.com — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:38:39 +0000

This is unbelievable! These guys are doomed to failure. You would think that they would have some sense of thankfulness, but not these guys!

By: BILL

BILL — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:14:46 +0000

Are the white collar people going to take a cut in pay and what is the ratio of white collar to blue collar workers? If you don’t cut both sides you might as well pull the plug on this show,because the animosity would kill it anyway!

By: chevyman

chevyman — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:31:44 +0000

The UAW would be best served by dumping this intellecutally challenged leader, Gettelfinger, who sounds like he works in a wrecking yard rather than a leader of a group. He is an idiot.
Worse yet, Gettelfinger read all the posts on any topic involving this bailout or the UAW, no one supports your idiotic positions. Take a large dose of reality you have drained too much blood out of the big three, time to give some of their life blood back so they can survive.

By: Listening In Texas

Listening In Texas — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:34:27 +0000

We need to change tactics here. We are complaining about the UAW — Granted they are much to blame; but CONGRESS and our GOVERNMENT APPROVED the money!!

Hope you people don’t continue to have short term memories and remember this sour taste in your mouth that this and all the other bailouts have caused; especially when you see next years deficit that you are responsible to pay through your TAXES!

Mid term elections are now less than 2 years away!

Let our representatives learn the lesson of betrayal of our trust and VOTE the THUGS OUT!!