Comments on: Yep That Bush Economy is Doing Just Great

By: Will Franklin

Will Franklin — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:17 +0000

Debbie Downer...

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:04:55 +0000

And who builds them?

Oh, yeah.,.. Union people, huh?

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:17:22 +0000

"Greedy unions" are killing GM & Ford? And I thought it was the crappy cars...

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:49:13 +0000

Perhaps some of the laid off auto workers can go apply to the new Toyota plant under construction in San Antonio.

I expect many of them to do exactly that.

By: Scott in CA

Scott in CA — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:59:56 +0000

Perhaps some of the laid off auto workers can go apply to the new Toyota plant under construction in San Antonio. Oddly, the non-union carmakers are doing just fine. The auto industry is moving south to right-to-work states. Unions have no power there. Sure, you can join one, but no one has to join or pay dues/agency fees. No closed shops. UAW is a dinosaur.

By: RA

RA — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:44:15 +0000

The best thing we can do to guarantee a stable economy in the future is to dump a large number of environmental wackos in the house and senate. The word must get out, if you vote against ANWR you will be booted out by people who don't want $6-8 / gallon gas prices.

By: RJN

RJN — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:31:46 +0000

Greedy unions killed, or will kill, Ford and GM. I suppose that the pressure on union leaders to continually "get more" can be understood; but, greed, and unfunded pensions, are the cause.

By: Fersboo

Fersboo — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:27:09 +0000

Considering the tomfoolery behind the prior administration, I feel more comfortable now then in say, mid-2000, with all the 'irrational exuberance' of the tech bubble.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:19:02 +0000

While I share your concerns about the spending habits of whomever is in charge of Congress at any given time, the bottomless pit of entitlements, and various factors beyond the control of anyone, I do wonder if you have given up on free markets. I guess I missed the memo that required the maintenance of every overpriced legacy job in the economy for a recovery to be considered robust. Shouldn't we count the jobs created at automakers not named GM or Ford to determine the health of the automotive industry, rather than just wringing our hands over the demise of what appear to be the less efficient producers?

Unfettered capitalism is ruthless, but in the long run that's a good thing. Personally, I wish we could drop the pretense that any president controls the economy. Heaven help us should that become true.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:16:08 +0000

But it does indicate that the economy isn't so "Great!"

What it indicates, Steve, is that the Unions weren't so great, and that the model they were founded on is not workable, in the long term. The unions have been able to hold off the storm by means of insisting our govenermnt involve itself in protectionism. But that ended a few years ago, and they're now paying the price of competition. Did anyone, other than union cheerleaders, really think that the situation enforced by the unions for so long was going to survive for long once people were able to buy elsewhere?