[redmenace]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600328.html 

And does something wrong
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast_26

[redmenace]

of course, they could have just not paid bush enough money.

[BlackDove]

How is the former good news again?

[an0n]

Because it'll force US companies to get with the ****ing program, or go bankrupt.

If they sort their **** out, it'll help with the trade deficit.

[WMCoolmon]

I dunno, it kind of bothers me that the Pres. can make those kinds of decisions, esp. considering it sounds like it was a judicial matter in the Chrysler case...although that may be an issue with the article itself.

[Goober5000]

Staying out of this is a good thing IMHO.

It bothers me that the government can step in and mess with the economy any time it wants to; in general, that's just asking for trouble.  We used to have nice regular cycles of boom-recession-boom-recession during the 1800s, but now that we've had a minimally-interrupted boom for 25 years I'm worried what will happen when the inevitable downturn comes.

That coupled with the fact that we have record debt and nobody saves any money anymore.

[WMCoolmon]

I just wish there was more emphasis on product and less on profit.

[Mefustae]

I just wish there was more emphasis on product and less on profit.

You, sir, are a Communist.

[IPAndrews]

I looked at this thread seeing the title and expecting to read he'd shot himself in the head.

[an0n]

Or at leasted choked on another Pretzel.

[Mefustae]

Or at leasted choked on another Pretzel.

Oh, don't remind me. Months of planning thwarted by a pat on the back!

[aldo_14]

[GodisanAtheist]

I hate how "Corporate Welfare" is ok but actually helping poor people is a waste of money because they're "lazy".

[redmenace]

eh, most true conservatives hate all subsidies.

[aldo_14]

eh, most true conservatives hate all subsidies.

....and all poor people.

[SadisticSid]

....and all poor people.

Nah. Just coal miners. Ooh, look at the parallel.

[redmenace]

eh, most true conservatives hate all subsidies.

....and all poor people.

A conservative may hate subsidies, but that doesn't mean that they hate the poor. It is possible for a conservative to donate money etc. to the poor and yet still think the Gov't doesn't have the right to levy negative taxation or subsidies. You, I think, seem to confuse Bush's Policies and the Republicans actions as being conservative when that is hardly the case.

[Goober5000]

I'm all for donating money to charity, the poor, etc. if they need it.  I just don't want the government to do it, because they invariably screw it up.

[Grey Wolf]

With the government handling it, there's inevitable waste, overhead, funds being diverted to other causes (see gasoline taxes), and investing in things that you yourself wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.

[Sandwich]

How is the former good news again?

How is the latter bad news again?