As Wisconsin Struggles, Sen. Alberta Darling Invests Her Money in Japanese Automaker, Toyota

[Snoutport]

Actions speak louder than words.

http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/wisconsin-struggles-sen-alberta-darling-invests-her-money-japane

[FLAprogressive]

1. Hey, ask some of the people here at DU, they'll tell you that that's perfectly fine.(UNION YES, lol)

[ingac70]

2. Hope she loses her shirt. n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

3. Any investment in Japan after the devastating earthquakes and tsunami I am sure are welcome

The situation is still horrifying for a lot of folks there.

[Snoutport]

4. We almost lost our auto industry just two years ago... they can use support too.

[FLAprogressive]

5. Our auto industry doesn't matter b/c they hire stinky lazy union workers. Go Scab Labor! Go Japan!

:sarcasm:

[Snoutport]

10. You know, they have been so anti-union I almost believe that would be the reason!

[FLAprogressive]

11. Whenever cars are discussed here they all rear their ugly heads and attempt to rationalize their

Toyotas/Hondas/Nissans/etc. made by scab labor.

[AlabamaLibrul]

6. (we're still on the hook for GM, you know)

[Snoutport]

7. yup...and the more people who buy their cars or stock the better it is for us...

[PBS Poll-435]

9. During crisis they got support.

Many more Mexican-made and Canadian-made OHV trucks are on their way!

[Rage for Order]

8. How much money? What type of investments?

The blog post was vague and offered no dollar amounts or types of investments. I followed the link to their "report" and it didn't offer any information either.

[bluestate10]

12. Great. make that public in her district. Sink her. nt

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

13. oh please...

I would love to know how many people here would flush their 401K down the toilet to make an ideological statement... the US automakers, including Ford remain unsustainable and insane investments for an individual investor.

[Snoutport]

14. Elected US Officials would make a better statement investing pay from the US people in US business

Doesn't have to be GM, there are lots of American companies...

[dmallind]

15. Everybody knows how this works I assume?

That buying non-IPO stocks in any company is a trade between individuals that generates exactly zero for the company? Buying shares gives money to the person who owned them previously, and a bit to the broker in between, not Toyota. All buying shares means for anyone rational is that you think they will either appreciate in value or give you dividends at a higher rate than other investments would. If I bought shares in GM or Ford, the company would get zero support; same here.