I'm done...

...with the Big 3. Screw 'em. Japanese manufacturers making cars in the US with American workers will get my money in the future.

Somehow, this post spent 3 weeks in draft-mode oblivion.

Citi, Part II

As I mentioned here, I am through with CitiBank. Apparently, so are a lot of other people.

Hey Citi, when you screw everyone, while at the same time you are screwing your loyal customers harder, you create hard feelings. No pun intended. You screw me, I tell you to go to hell. Fair is fair. Hopefull, enough other people will do the same that you are forced to sell all of your holdings to a bank capable of customer servie, while also making sound financial decisions. You know, a bank run like a business instead of a mugger/freelance dom.

You lost me, a loyal, regular customer of 10 years. I have never so much as made a single late payment to you. Then, you double my interest while stealing my tax money.

Screw you.

Dilbert on the Big 3 Bailout

A Little Sense

Bipartisan talks on the auto rescue broke down over GOP demands that the United Auto Workers union agree to bring their pay into line with Japanese carmakers by 2009.

Excellent. If we're going to socialize the Big 3(again), this needs to be addressed. "We'll help you stay afloat, but only if you let go of the anchor."

Of course, this is just a stalling technique. The GOP holdouts will ignore their principles and their principals in exchange for enough pork, which will inflate this communist bailout from $14 billion to at least $30 billion. JAFP.

As I said here, "I've never owned anything but American cars, but, if the bailout passes, I'll never own another."

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Let Them Fail!

If they can't run a business at a profit, let 'em fail. They will file bankruptcy, renegotiate the dead weight and come back stronger. Instead of a Detroit UAW worker getting $74/hour(total package) for pushing a mop, an Alabama man will get $12 for the same work. That's what mop-pushing is worth. The unions are not adding value to the product, so get them out of the equation.

If they can't manage bankruptcy, Toyota and Honda will buy up the piece, I'm sure. They'll move it all to a state that allows businesses to succeed and give us better cars cheaper.