Comments on: George Will rooting for failure http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/ An Atlanta blog with a little bit of opinion about a whole lot of things Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 2Old4This http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38902 2Old4This Fri, 08 May 2009 15:59:31 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38902 Um, we don't have to wait for GM & Chrysler to fail let alone root for failure. They have failed. And taken several loads of taxpayer dollars with them. Um, we don’t have to wait for GM & Chrysler to fail let alone root for failure. They have failed. And taken several loads of taxpayer dollars with them.

]]> By: TnGelding http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38754 TnGelding Fri, 08 May 2009 14:10:17 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38754 Dan May 8th, 2009 8:39 am Imminent failure? Keep rooting, but it ain't going to happen. Dan

May 8th, 2009
8:39 am

Imminent failure? Keep rooting, but it ain’t going to happen.

]]> By: TnGelding http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38746 TnGelding Fri, 08 May 2009 14:05:20 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38746 I Report :-)/ You Whine :-( May 8th, 2009 7:46 am This is still Duhbya's mess and you know it as well as anybody, but just can't admit it. I Report :-) / You Whine :-(

May 8th, 2009
7:46 am

This is still Duhbya’s mess and you know it as well as anybody, but just can’t admit it.

]]> By: TnGelding http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38740 TnGelding Fri, 08 May 2009 14:02:48 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38740 I Report :-)/ You Whine :-( May 8th, 2009 7:42 am Values? And what might they be? Good grief! We should have known when he changed his voter registration to Wyoming he was a rule-breaker. I Report :-) / You Whine :-(

May 8th, 2009
7:42 am

Values? And what might they be? Good grief! We should have known when he changed his voter registration to Wyoming he was a rule-breaker.

]]> By: pat http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38711 pat Fri, 08 May 2009 13:33:16 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38711 Sure NJ, that was before the example that socialism is a collosal failure everytimg it has been tried. Governement has a role but it's not to run business because they do not know how. They force people to pay taxes, you can't force people to buy crap they don't want. There's a difference in how that money is obtained. Sure NJ, that was before the example that socialism is a collosal failure everytimg it has been tried.
Governement has a role but it’s not to run business because they do not know how. They force people to pay taxes, you can’t force people to buy crap they don’t want. There’s a difference in how that money is obtained.

]]> By: Ubangi http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38706 Ubangi Fri, 08 May 2009 13:28:36 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38706 Jay, it is called a product life-cycle. Most products eventually lose focus/the ability to compete, etc. At that point, they simply go away because they lose money. THAT is G.M, etc. They make a bad product and the are loaded down with union expenses. Their entire "product" simply can't compete anymore on a world stage. It happens to almost every product at some point. It is foolish to try and "save" them....they are going away....better not to throw good money after bad. Jay, it is called a product life-cycle. Most products eventually lose focus/the ability to compete, etc. At that point, they simply go away because they lose money. THAT is G.M, etc. They make a bad product and the are loaded down with union expenses. Their entire “product” simply can’t compete anymore on a world stage. It happens to almost every product at some point. It is foolish to try and “save” them….they are going away….better not to throw good money after bad.

]]> By: pat http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38705 pat Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:07 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38705 If the governement runs these companies they are as good as dead already. The good news is that the UAW is going to lock horns with it's teet in negotiations. There's going to be some buerocrat telling the UAW what to do. That alone should be entertaining. With the government's track record on running things GM and a Chrysler are here by and forever more on tax payer life support. They'll stop building good cars like the CTS and the Corvette and will build cheap, lousy hybrid roller skates that nobody wants.' And what will be the result of this? Nothing, no lessons learned, no new effective buisness model put into place, they will just sit on their ass and hold out their hand waiting for the governement to put something in it. There are few certainties in life but one thing is for certain, when the government takes over private enterprise, it ruins it. Look to Venezuela for a current example. If the governement runs these companies they are as good as dead already.
The good news is that the UAW is going to lock horns with it’s teet in negotiations. There’s going to be some buerocrat telling the UAW what to do. That alone should be entertaining.
With the government’s track record on running things GM and a Chrysler are here by and forever more on tax payer life support. They’ll stop building good cars like the CTS and the Corvette and will build cheap, lousy hybrid roller skates that nobody wants.’
And what will be the result of this? Nothing, no lessons learned, no new effective buisness model put into place, they will just sit on their ass and hold out their hand waiting for the governement to put something in it.
There are few certainties in life but one thing is for certain, when the government takes over private enterprise, it ruins it. Look to Venezuela for a current example.

]]> By: itpdude http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38703 itpdude Fri, 08 May 2009 13:24:20 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38703 What needed to happen from the get go was to allow GM and Chrysler to fail, go through bankruptcy, an emerge with a streamlined company with renegotiated contracts throughout. This keeping GM and Chrysler as they are is like keeping an unhealthy 120 year old resuscitated at the cost of millions that could be spent on higher and better uses. What needed to happen from the get go was to allow GM and Chrysler to fail, go through bankruptcy, an emerge with a streamlined company with renegotiated contracts throughout. This keeping GM and Chrysler as they are is like keeping an unhealthy 120 year old resuscitated at the cost of millions that could be spent on higher and better uses.

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38701 Joe Fri, 08 May 2009 13:20:00 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38701 I will never buy another GM product either. I totally agree with Will that the government should not interfere with private industry. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that the dems and their messiah are in bed with the unions. They realize the more tax payer money that they pour into these failed organizations the more they will get back in return through donations. It's simple really. The largest block of dem voters are poor people who don't give anything because they can't afford it. ACORN is a perfect example. But if you give billions to industry who in turn give it to politicians running for office it’s a win win situation. Unfortunately for the ill informed taxpaying voter it’s a lose lose situation because hard working Americans will not reap any benefits from a nanny type government. I will never buy another GM product either. I totally agree with Will that the government should not interfere with private industry. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that the dems and their messiah are in bed with the unions. They realize the more tax payer money that they pour into these failed organizations the more they will get back in return through donations. It’s simple really. The largest block of dem voters are poor people who don’t give anything because they can’t afford it. ACORN is a perfect example. But if you give billions to industry who in turn give it to politicians running for office it’s a win win situation. Unfortunately for the ill informed taxpaying voter it’s a lose lose situation because hard working Americans will not reap any benefits from a nanny type government.

]]> By: Me Again http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/05/07/george-will-rooting-for-failure/comment-page-5/#comment-38694 Me Again Fri, 08 May 2009 13:11:02 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=914#comment-38694 Absolutely they did, however, GDub pushed it, signed it, enacted it, regretted it. Presbo is doing it all as well, just not regretting it. Absolutely they did, however, GDub pushed it, signed it, enacted it, regretted it. Presbo is doing it all as well, just not regretting it.

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