Ad rips Chevy Volt

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  1. Marine1

    Marine1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What GM and Chrysler should have done has nothing to do what is happening TODAY. Why can't you guys see that? You boycott both of them, yes, you'll put them out of business. You'll get hunderds of thousands of employees laid off. Parts plants will go out of business. Foreign auto companies will pick up the slack which will increase our balance of trade even more in their favor. Billions of dollars in profit will leave this country. Why is that so hard for you people to understand?

    Do you hate unions and Obama so freakin much that you'll try and hurt this country to get back at them? That's stupid. Just plain stupid.

    The Government is giving credits to all cars that are gas/ electric, not just GM. Toyota is getting it too.
     
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    the Fiero was bad ass...after that, this (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) bag piece just falls apart. there's enough to criticize w/o resorting to hyper-hyperbole.
     
  3. Marine1

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    Bullions of dollars we put out in tax dollars to bail them out will be lost with no chance of ever getting back one penny. Come on people, think what the hell your doing.
     
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    pocket aces Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yep. It's not only GM that is for sure.
     
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    Marine1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No it doesn't just fall apart. It's a very well built car that I think is priced to high.
     
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    Marine1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Are you dumb enough to think you'll ever see one penny of it if you put them out of business?
     
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    i was talking about the video, not the Volt. :|
     
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    theunbubba Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Keep pumping the lies Marine1
    They will not disappear. It's called reorganization for a reason. Try and learn something for a change.

    I don't want them giving credits for any hybrids. I don't feel like subsidizing rich bastards purchase of status symbol greenie garbage with MY money. Stop being a blind tool!
     
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    theunbubba Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Are you dumb enough to think we'll ever see any of it anyway?
     
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    theunbubba Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You want us to throw more and more down a (*)(*)(*)(*)ed rabbit hole. This is too much.
     
  12. Marine1

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    I don't mean to jump on you guys. I'm just trying to make you understand that bad mouthing the Volt and boycotting GM and Chrysler might give you some sort of satisfaction of getting back at the unions and Obama, but it does nothing but hurt this country and hundreds of thousands of your fellow Americans that will lose their jobs if they go under. There will be no chance of getting one penny back of what we loaned them and yes, I do think we'll get a lot of it back like we have twice with Chrysler. Put the (*)(*)(*)(*) politics aside for once and lets do what's best for this country. We're in bad enough shape now, we don't need to add to it.
     
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    the money is gone. Let the workers go to FORD

    I will never ever buy another GM or Chrysler product

    the govt had NO RIGHT using our money to prop up unions
     
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    [​IMG] . Flounder just whacked the post . . Good Job . .

    go whack another one .
     
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    Flounder iz whacking teh porn? :confuse:
     
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    If people think the Volt is bad, just wait until they start manufacturing the Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY"]The 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    Apple laptops blow up more than volts and have caused more injuries (volt sits at ZERO atm). Also, you have to get into an accident to cause the battery to be a danger, with apple laptop batteries there is no explanation, except when its from the batteries themselves being hacked. (apple instals a chip in the batteries that allows them to monitor usage, and the chip controls the battery as well. For some reason they made these chips ridiculously vulnerable. A hacker who knows what he is doing can remotely cause an apple laptop to melt down or even explode!)

    No one gets on apples case though... also, did you know apple has been bailed out TWICE?
     
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    well now Marine1 , it's hard to explain , but for me , it's not politics , it's not a pro-union or an anti-union thing , it's not about saving jobs , and it's not that I lack confidence in the US auto industry.

    For me , I just can't afford one . If they ever get the Volt battery fixed , I'll have a look at a used one , but in todays economy , not many working people can afford a new one , whether a GM or Dodge or Ford .
     
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    Because its vitally important to expose how damaging government messing with business. Is.
     
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    So when is it acceptable for government to get involved in business?

    Was it wrong for the government to pass laws outlawing cholera infected meat to be sold to the public?
     
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    These ads are simply the new unlimited campaign fund rules at work.

    One of the reasons gas prices have gone up so much is because oil companies are spending MILLIONS producing Obama HATE ads like this, smearing Obama and oil use reduction threats in ONE swoop!!!.

    TAX-FREE
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    As long as only a handful of liberals are buying electric cars Obama and the government can afford to pick up 25% of the cost.

    That means each individual liberal is getting a $20,000 car for only $30,000 instead of the actual $40,000 price tag.

    What a deal.

    But if millions of liberals suddenly began to mooch off the government more by buying Volts not even Obama could borrow enough money from the Chinese to pay for it.
     
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    The problem is the volt is a complete failure.
     
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    Yes, I really do. I work 16hrs a day.

    Let me guess...you live in your moms basement and work at mcdonalds?

    Glad to see you are joining the group of stalkers I have. great.
     
  25. Marine1

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    Good, let me see all of you draw your money out of all those banks that got paid twice what GM got. Lets put all those suckers under too. Of course when you do that and people can't borrow to buy a home, cars or television, that also will hurt the country. But that will show government not to interfere with business won't it? Right, you very bright people have it all figured out how your going to show them. While you boycott GM and Chrysler, I hope you also boycott the banks, airlines, the railroad, the savings and loans and etc. because the government bailed them all out too.

    The Volt battery has been deemed as safe now as any other electric vehicle.



    You might also boycott NYC, they got bailed out too.





    Industry/Corporation

    Year

    What Happened

    Cost in 2008 U.S. Dollars





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    Penn Central Railroad

    1970

    In May 1970, Penn Central Railroad, then on the verge of bankruptcy, appealed to the Federal Reserve for aid on the grounds that it provided crucial national defense transportation services. The Nixon administration and the Federal Reserve supported providing financial assistance to Penn Central, but Congress refused to adopt the measure. Penn Central declared bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, which freed the corporation from its commercial paper obligations. To counteract the devastating ripple effects to the money market, the Federal Reserve Board told commercial banks it would provide the reserves needed to allow them to meet the credit needs of their customers. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $3.2 billion





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    Lockheed

    1971

    In August 1971, Congress passed the Emergency Loan Guarantee Act, which could provide funds to any major business enterprise in crisis. Lockheed was the first recipient. Its failure would have meant significant job loss in California, a loss to the GNP and an impact on national defense. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $1.4 billion





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    Franklin National Bank

    1974

    In the first five months of 1974 the bank lost $63.6 million. The Federal Reserve stepped in with a loan of $1.75 billion. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $7.8 billion





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    New York City

    1975

    During the 1970s, New York City became over-extended and entered a period of financial crisis. In 1975 President Ford signed the New York City Seasonal Financing Act, which released $2.3 billion in loans to the city. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $9.4 billion





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    Chrysler

    1980

    In 1979 Chrysler suffered a loss of $1.1 billion. That year the corporation requested aid from the government. In 1980 the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Act was passed, which provided $1.5 billion in loans to rescue Chrysler from insolvency. In addition, the government's aid was to be matched by U.S. and foreign banks. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $4.0 billion





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    Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company

    1984

    Then the nation's eighth largest bank, Continental Illinois had suffered significant losses after purchasing $1 billion in energy loans from the failed Penn Square Bank of Oklahoma. The FDIC and Federal Reserve devised a plan to rescue the bank that included replacing the bank's top executives. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $9.5 billion





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    Savings & Loan

    1989

    After the widespread failure of savings and loan institutions, President George H. W. Bush signed and Congress enacted the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act in 1989. (What happened after the bailout?)

    $293.3 billion





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    Airline Industry

    2001

    The terrorist attacks of September 11 crippled an already financially troubled industry. To bail out the airlines, President Bush signed into law the Air Transportation Safety and Stabilization Act, which compensated airlines for the mandatory grounding of aircraft after the attacks. The act released $5 billion in compensation and an additional $10 billion in loan guarantees or other federal credit instruments. (What happened after the bailout?)
     

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