Comments on: GM and Chrysler Buyouts: Should Taxpayers Be Angry? http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/ Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anna http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Anna Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:47:02 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=156#comment-1541 Mudder50, I almost forgot something...you think you know taxes??....For your info.. My husband and I have got you beat on paying taxes! My husband was an owner operator for over sixteen years..you think you paid taxes? Try paying small s-corp taxes, heavy highway taxes, fuel taxes, franchise & excise taxes..and your personal taxes! So don't talk to me about taxes! Try being a long haul owner operator in the moving business for a while!!! Its about a 90 hour work week..P.S. My husband is 6' 170 lbs....not a fat lard sitting behind the wheel or some lazy unoin worker in factory! Mudder50,
I almost forgot something…you think you know taxes??….For your info.. My husband and I have got you beat on paying taxes! My husband was an owner operator for over sixteen years..you think you paid taxes? Try paying small s-corp taxes, heavy highway taxes, fuel taxes, franchise & excise taxes..and your personal taxes! So don’t talk to me about taxes! Try being a long haul owner operator in the moving business for a while!!! Its about a 90 hour work week..P.S. My husband is 6′ 170 lbs….not a fat lard sitting behind the wheel or some lazy unoin worker in factory!

]]> By: Anna http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Anna Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:03:58 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=156#comment-1540 Mudder50, Sorry but you are incorrect..the unions do have a strong hold on Chrysler..and by the way I did check my facts. My husband could work circles around any auto worker...try unloading 25,000 lbs. of furniture by hand... from a semi. no fork lifts or machines to help us out. then drive 400 to 600 miles to reload by hand..My brother in law couldn't do it..My father worked very hard and did sacrafice for what he had..but these new ones didnt...the attendance is lousy and so is there work ethic...Oh by the way...my husband is a real man...he doesnt want his wife working at a scuzzy factory...that place is no place for a real lady..Check your Bible..women should raise families and handle the home ect.. not work where there's filthy language and perverts hitting on you all day..Maybe you need a lesson in HARD WORK..TRY THE MOVING COMAPIES PAL! MAYBE THE TRUTH IS YOU KNOW IT WAS TAXPAYER MONEY & really don't want to admit you took a hand out! Mudder50,

Sorry but you are incorrect..the unions do have a strong hold on Chrysler..and by the way I did check my facts. My husband could work circles around any auto worker…try unloading 25,000 lbs. of furniture by hand… from a semi. no fork lifts or machines to help us out. then drive 400 to 600 miles to reload by hand..My brother in law couldn’t do it..My father worked very hard and did sacrafice for what he had..but these new ones didnt…the attendance is lousy and so is there work ethic…Oh by the way…my husband is a real man…he doesnt want his wife working at a scuzzy factory…that place is no place for a real lady..Check your Bible..women should raise families and handle the home ect.. not work where there’s filthy language and perverts hitting on you all day..Maybe you need a lesson in HARD WORK..TRY THE MOVING COMAPIES PAL! MAYBE THE TRUTH IS YOU KNOW IT WAS TAXPAYER MONEY & really don’t want to admit you took a hand out!

]]> By: mudder50 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 mudder50 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:49:09 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=156#comment-1387 Anna ,the money that goes to employees for buyouts does not come from taxpayers ! Not that it matters,but aren't autoworkers taxpayers? We pay more in taxes that you will earn your whole life !That money comes from what has been taken out for future pensions.-, it does not come from your taxes ! If you make comments without knowing any facts ,you should keep silent oh jealous one ! Once an employee takes a buyout he or she loses all pension benefits and health care . For your information ,pink slips are still given out !I have been a Chrysler employee (laborer ) for 30 years. None of the money I made came without costs ! Every dollar I made , I earned ! As far as blaming the union ,you do not know anything ! Anything that you hear ,is probably second hand and exagerated before you hear it,once you get it,you add more twists to it ! How much of what you say do you think carries any water ? You are just hostil because your father couldn't or maybe wouldn't get you a jhob there,knowing that you couldn't handle the work ,which in turn would make him look bad ! I don't blame him ! What you need is a life and a good romp ! Anna ,the money that goes to employees for buyouts does not come from taxpayers ! Not that it matters,but aren’t autoworkers taxpayers? We pay more in taxes that you will earn your whole life !That money comes from what has been taken out for future pensions.-, it does not come from your taxes ! If you make comments without knowing any facts ,you should keep silent oh jealous one ! Once an employee takes a buyout he or she loses all pension benefits and health care . For your information ,pink slips are still given out !I have been a Chrysler employee (laborer ) for 30 years. None of the money I made came without costs ! Every dollar I made , I earned ! As far as blaming the union ,you do not know anything ! Anything that you hear ,is probably second hand and exagerated before you hear it,once you get it,you add more twists to it ! How much of what you say do you think carries any water ? You are just hostil because your father couldn’t or maybe wouldn’t get you a jhob there,knowing that you couldn’t handle the work ,which in turn would make him look bad ! I don’t blame him ! What you need is a life and a good romp !

]]> By: Anna http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Anna Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:13:31 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=156#comment-1158 My father retired from the Chrysler plant in Newark , DE 20 years ago and I have two family members who worked there also. (recently lost their job) Despite all of this family stuff, I find it real difficult to feel bad or have sympathy for those who just recently lost their jobs. They get a buyout 50k up tp 100k..? Give me a break! What ever happened to a Pink Slip? No buyout, no bonus, no health insurance..! That's what happens to the rest of us in the real world. Im angry that this buyout they received was part of my taxes! One more thing before I end, years ago when my father worked there...he appreciated his job, never missed but 2 days of work in 32 years of service. That's not how the union is now...Over paid & under worked is whats been going on far too long. My father retired from the Chrysler plant in Newark , DE 20 years ago and I have two family members who worked there also. (recently lost their job) Despite all of this family stuff, I find it real difficult to feel bad or have sympathy for those who just recently lost their jobs. They get a buyout 50k up tp 100k..? Give me a break! What ever happened to a Pink Slip? No buyout, no bonus, no health insurance..! That’s what happens to the rest of us in the real world. Im angry that this buyout they received was part of my taxes! One more thing before I end, years ago when my father worked there…he appreciated his job, never missed but 2 days of work in 32 years of service. That’s not how the union is now…Over paid & under worked is whats been going on far too long.

]]> By: RS http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 RS Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:47:45 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=156#comment-1097 I am also a Chrysler worker and here are my thoughts. Here we go again with the double standard. One set of rules for Washington and Wall Street, and another for the working class members of the UAW. The union fought for our job security, our pay, and our benefits, but the rest of the country seems to believe we receive to much, as if we should look to Walmart employees pay and the absence benefits as the standard. Is jealousy the root of all of this. The employees account for a small percentage of the cost to the company compared the salaries, bonuses, and mistakes the companies have made. The union is there to protect us. I don't get it. No one is worried about what the exec's are giving up. Who wouldn't work for a $1 a year salary when you can do what the employees, and not Iaccoca, gave to save the company in the past. And what happened, healthy salaries, healthy bonuses, and Iaccoca received all the credit. Do you really believe that the cost the company saves in pay and benfits will trickle down to the customer, good luck! My best example is American Axle. Employees were told they needed to give concessions and as soon as they did, BONUSES!! Hey, Whatever. I am also a Chrysler worker and here are my thoughts. Here we go again with the double standard. One set of rules for Washington and Wall Street, and another for the working class members of the UAW. The union fought for our job security, our pay, and our benefits, but the rest of the country seems to believe we receive to much, as if we should look to Walmart employees pay and the absence benefits as the standard. Is jealousy the root of all of this. The employees account for a small percentage of the cost to the company compared the salaries, bonuses, and mistakes the companies have made. The union is there to protect us. I don’t get it. No one is worried about what the exec’s are giving up. Who wouldn’t work for a $1 a year salary when you can do what the employees, and not Iaccoca, gave to save the company in the past. And what happened, healthy salaries, healthy bonuses, and Iaccoca received all the credit. Do you really believe that the cost the company saves in pay and benfits will trickle down to the customer, good luck! My best example is American Axle. Employees were told they needed to give concessions and as soon as they did, BONUSES!! Hey, Whatever.

]]> By: Debra Landers http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2009/02/04/gm-and-chrysler-buyouts-should-taxpayers-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Debra Landers Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:24:55 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=156#comment-1060 I am a chrysler worker and i'm understand that all of our buyout for the hourly workers came out of our union money not out of chryslers money. so i don't undrstand why anyone should be upset, this is money we've paid into for years for our retirements.... I am a chrysler worker and i’m understand that all of our buyout for the hourly workers came out of our union money not out of chryslers money. so i don’t undrstand why anyone should be upset, this is money we’ve paid into for years for our retirements….

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