Detroit Story Descends To Perp Level

Um, that doesn’t like look any Ford vehicle to me. I think Ford’s CEO is either a Lexus or a Mercedes Benz driver. These guys don’t even use their own products, what does that tell you about what’s wrong with the US auto sector?

The Scapegoat was not invented for nothing.
Although, I suspect some of the original members of that cadre had probably pooped inside the tents and maybe even some VIP’s sandals, the poor creatures, as a species, certainly could not be blamed for all the sins of the people, you think?

Someday, this will be a textbook example of union busting. One could ask why the CEOs of the Big Three are any more, or any less deserving, or culpable than the CEOs of the hedge funds/investment non-banks. Targeting the real economy (that’s a technical term, folks) for discipline is/will be a tragic error.

The vehicle in the shot is a Ford Fusion. These guys do drive their own products. For example, GM executives…from manager level on up … are required to drive GM products and complete an evaluation. Vehicles are rotated regular basis.
Thanks to Congress, the plane, which takes center stage in this shot, has become a symbol of excess. What you don’t see in the photo, however, is how much more it would cost these companies to move their CEOs around the world via commercial planes. Time is money and these fellows work internationally. Travelling from one city/country to another by private jet is cost-efficient.

“Thanks to Congress, the plane, which takes center stage in this shot, has become a symbol of excess”
Ha! Why, if it weren’t for Congress, we could see corporate jets for what they really are: necessary and logical cost and time-saving devices. Thanks alot, stupid Congress!

Congress is clearly using the planes as symbols with which to bash the executives. They certainly know why the planes are used, but in today’s media environment a long, boring committee meeting talking about what plans the Big 3 have (or in this case, don’t have) for the bailout money they want ain’t gonna lead the evening news.
But making them look stupid, greedy & callous leads ’cause it bleeds. Bravo to Congress for using the media to pin the Big 3 in a corner. Maybe they’ll actually come up with a plan now. Though they really should all be fired (minus golden parachutes) & their companies sold, perhaps to a Japanese or Chinese buyer, someone with the foresight to plan for the future, not just the next quarterly report.

should i read any significance in the fact that the congressman who asked the detroit ceos why they couldn’t have jet pooled was from new york state?