Wed Nov 28, 2018, 07:57 PM
Le Gaucher (1,547 posts)
GM workers think Trump is not at fault.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/business/economy/gm-plant-jobs-trump.html
LORDSTOWN, Ohio — After an election campaign in which he had pledged a manufacturing renaissance, President Trump came to this once-thriving industrial region of northeastern Ohio last year and all but waved a mission-accomplished flag. The jobs are “all coming back,” he announced. “Don’t move, don’t sell your house.” That vow collided with the shifting dynamics of the auto industry on Monday when General Motors told workers it was idling Lordstown’s prized Chevrolet factory. “Some people were crying,” said Joyce Olesky, a 23-year employee of the plant. “I looked over and saw people who looked like they had the flu, turning white.” Many Lordstown residents recalled that Mr. Trump had promoted steel tariffs and his trade savvy as a way to create jobs. But while critics faulted the president for failing to deliver what he promised, a number of workers were quick to exonerate him.
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Le Gaucher | Nov 2018 | OP |
allgood33 | Nov 2018 | #1 | |
LuvLoogie | Nov 2018 | #2 | |
Freethinker65 | Nov 2018 | #3 | |
onecaliberal | Nov 2018 | #4 | |
bluestarone | Nov 2018 | #5 | |
roamer65 | Nov 2018 | #6 | |
gratuitous | Nov 2018 | #7 | |
NCjack | Nov 2018 | #8 | |
Bleacher Creature | Nov 2018 | #9 | |
XRubicon | Nov 2018 | #10 | |
DavidDvorkin | Nov 2018 | #11 | |
LakeSuperiorView | Nov 2018 | #12 | |
msongs | Nov 2018 | #13 | |
muntrv | Nov 2018 | #14 | |
struggle4progress | Nov 2018 | #15 | |
Hassler | Nov 2018 | #16 | |
llmart | Nov 2018 | #17 | |
RhodeIslandOne | Nov 2018 | #18 |
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 07:59 PM
allgood33 (1,584 posts)
1. I guess they don't read or use their guts...
GM warned this summer that the trade war instigated by President Donald Trump could force job cuts in the United States. Trump was irate with GM's announcement this week, tweeting on Tuesday that he was "very disappointed" with the company and CEO Mary Barra for idling plants in Ohio, Michigan and Maryland.
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:01 PM
LuvLoogie (6,246 posts)
2. They can't look in the mirror
and admit they were stupid for voting for trump.
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:01 PM
Freethinker65 (8,157 posts)
3. They will sacrifice their livelihoods in order for Trump to enrich himself
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:06 PM
onecaliberal (29,249 posts)
4. Then gods speed to them. They're getting what they voted for.
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:09 PM
bluestarone (14,699 posts)
5. To me this is
Unexplainable!!!! Brain dead assholes i guess!!
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:11 PM
roamer65 (33,934 posts)
6. I don't care what happens to the Dump lovers of the bunch.
Fuck ‘em.
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:13 PM
gratuitous (80,456 posts)
7. Sing along, friends
We're gonna whip inflation now
We'll all eat crow instead of cow We'll even starve to death and how So we can whip inflation now H/T to Dirty Duck. |
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:16 PM
NCjack (10,114 posts)
8. Hang on -- don't sell out !!! Trump is coming back with jobs for everyone !!!
Get your "mission accomplished" flags, beer, and hotdogs ready. Big party when he arrives. (Wow, it's hard to shake free when you are gut-hooked.)
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:18 PM
Bleacher Creature (11,031 posts)
9. You can only do so much for some people. They sound like lost causes.
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:23 PM
XRubicon (2,170 posts)
10. Elections have consequences.
I heard that somewhere...
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:51 PM
DavidDvorkin (18,887 posts)
11. How many is "a number"?
What percentage?
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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:52 PM
LakeSuperiorView (1,533 posts)
12. When you ride a turd, you shouldn't surpised when you get shit on you.
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:55 PM
msongs (65,338 posts)
13. one wonders how many of those people drive japanese branded cars nt
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 09:35 PM
muntrv (14,505 posts)
14. If they support the Orange Anus, they get what they deserve.
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 09:58 PM
struggle4progress (114,734 posts)
15. "I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles. Such are promises:
all lies and jest. Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest"
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Response to struggle4progress (Reply #15)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 11:14 PM
llmart (14,251 posts)
17. Love that song!
Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 11:16 PM
RhodeIslandOne (5,042 posts)
18. "a number of workers"
This is at best a "both sides" article. I bet most are not on Shitstain's side.
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