President Barack Obama incessantly touts the alleged “success” of the $50 billion General Motors (GM) bailout, evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. General Motors – The Government’s Warped Definition of ‘Success’ Much like the Obama Economy, General Motors’ numbers are tanking.
(AP) GM 3Q profit falls 12 pct.By TOM KRISHERAP Auto WriterDETROITGrowing losses in Europe and warranty costs in North America lowered General Motors’ third-quarter profit by 12 percent. But the company posted better-than-expected results in South America and internationally, and
President Barack Obama was on the campaign trail, at least as late as this July, claiming that $50-billion-bailed-out General Motors (GM) was back – as the globe’s top car seller. The President was saying this long after it stopped being
Amidst much fanfare, President Obama shook hands with workers at the July 15, 2010 ground breaking ceremony for the LG Chem plant in Holland, Michigan, built with a $150 million grant from the Department of Energy as part of his
For months, President Barack Obama has used the auto bailout as the signal example of economic success under his administration. And he has attacked rival Mitt Romney for arguing, in a New York Times op-ed in November 2008, that the auto industry should
A picture is worth a thousand words. Here are several that tell the $82 billion auto bailout story a whole lot better than the Barack Obama Administration has. We have been told ad nauseum that the auto bailout was unavoidable
President Barack Obama’s supporters, incredulous at their candidate’s defeat in last night’s debate, and worried about the September jobs report, are reaching for phony economic arguments across the networks and social media today. Some are familiar arguments from Obama’s own
From the moment General Motors (GM) cashed in our $50 billion in auto bailout coin, Government Motors was born, and has been little more than a Barack Obama Administration Crony Socialist Welfare delivery device. This is not Crony Capitalism, because
(AP) GM offers big discounts to boost Volt salesBy TOM KRISHERAP Auto WriterDETROITGeneral Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end America’s dependence
(AP) GOP focuses on monthly jobs report, but do voters?By TOM RAUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe government’s monthly jobs report has become Washington’s most anticipated and studied economic indicator, pounced upon by politicians, economists and journalists for snap judgments as the presidential election
Why should Ohioans reject Barack Obama? Because he and his Administration are duplicitous. You think only conservatives think Obama is a cheat and a liar? Fine. Ask the most liberal member of the senate, your own Sherrod Brown. Brown is
Vice President Joe Biden has a suggested slogan for the Obama/Biden 2012 campaign. He repeats it everywhere he goes. “Osama Bin Laden is dead,” he bellows, “and General Motors is alive!” There’s only one problem. He’s wrong. Yes, Bin Laden’s
Even President Barack Obama’s biggest defenders are taking their shots at him this week. Michael Moore, the far-left filmmaker behind “Sicko,” took to the cyber-pages of The Huffington Post to refute one of the president’s biggest talking points. No, Moore
Robert J. Shillman, Chairman of the machine vision company Cognex, has had enough of President Barack Obama’s anti-business rhetoric. Shillman is launching a “Business Is Good” (B.I.G.) campaign to “counteract the ‘Big Lie’ that successful businesses and the people who
This is getting ridiculous. General Motors (GM) is halting, for a month, the manufacture of its well-known but seldom-sold Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, according to trade publication Automotive News. Certainly this is but the first time this has happened.
At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte next month, the Obama Administration plans to tout its auto bailout “success” as a reason to re-elect him. While such claims may rally the UAW delegates at the convention, it’s not likely to have
Recent actions by General Motors regarding subprime lending reveal how much Warren — and the Obama administration — are willing to pull strings to pick winners and losers. The Investors Business Daily recently noted in a story that “while the administration
In response to a question Wednesday morning in Europe, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that Congress should be taking advantage of low interest rates and increase investment (spending) to bolster growth. He said that the low rates on U.S. debt
National Public Radio (NPR) is apparently moving from news to full-time, taxpayer-funded Super PAC-style advertising for President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign. That is apparent from today’s report by Ari Shapiro on Obama’s campaign appearances in Ohio, where the president–who maintains
(AP) GM profit falls 41 percent on weakness in EuropeBy TOM KRISHERAP Auto WriterDETROITA big loss in Europe dragged down General Motors’ second-quarter profit. The automaker’s net income from April through June fell 41 percent to $1.5 billion, $1 billion
The Romney campaign has just released two new advertisements–one for television and the other for the web–attacking President Barack Obama’s record on General Motors and the economy, respectively. The GM ad, produced for TV, aims directly at one of Obama’s
Yes, General Motors really is giving $600 million to an English soccer club. Actually, as the team involved, Manchester United, is the most valuable team in sports, an investment in the club wouldn’t be a bad idea, considering how everything
Remember that vaunted General Motors recovery ushered in by President Obama’s bold bailout program? Well, not so much. In June 2009, GM filed for Obama-managed bankruptcy, costing the taxpayer some $50 billion. The vast majority of that cash was never
Recall the gi-normous Leftist kerfuffle kicked up around Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s utterly uncontroversial utterance: “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” Which is a perfectly reasonable perspective. So of course the Left went
President Barack Obama and his Democrat Party are doing everything they can to squelch the First Amendment. Which in part reads: Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,…or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
(AP) GM recalls popular Cruze over fire riskBy TOM KRISHERAP Auto WriterDETROITEngine fires are forcing General Motors to recall the Chevy Cruze, a popular model that has helped GM win back small-car buyers. The recall covers 475,000 vehicles made in
General Motors (GM)’s stock price has now dropped by 33% since the company emerged from its $50 billion-taxpayer-funded bailout bankruptcy. And on Tuesday, President Barack Obama-appointee CEO Dan Akerson had to face GM shareholders at their annual meeting. Lest we
But that’s still not a reason for taxpayers to foot the bill. It’s a reason for the actual research and development to be paid for by the companies that will profit from this long-promised breakthrough, and if they’re not willing
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, General Motors spokeswoman Michelle Malcho denies rumors that the government financed car company used federal grant money to bolster sales numbers to reach their goal of selling 10,000 electric vehicles last year. “If
The $50 billion General Motors (GM) bailout was a Democrat Crony Socialist nightmare. The Obama Administration illegally over-rewarded its union friends and destroyed Republican-enemy auto dealers, to name but two facets of the titanic debacle. We the Taxpayers are still out $30+ billion on the
Modern Liberalism is more about politics than policy. Even the most devout liberals are not immune to the legal harassment levied against other entrepreneurs. By all standards Steve Ells, CEO and founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill, is a model liberal. He
Mega-mogul Warren Buffett has made a lot of money in our (semi) capitalist system. And he has schizophrenically spent a lot of time supporting politicians and policies that will drag us further still from our successful capitalist roots. One way
Has General Motors (GM) forgotten We the Taxpayers are still out $30+ billion on the $82 billion auto bailout? Apparently so. General Motors Co. — which owned the auto and mortgage lender Ally Financial Inc. until 2006 and still holds
Chevrolet will discontinue the pickup/sport utility hybrid Avalanche after more than a decade, due to sagging sales. The vehicle, which debuted as a 2002 model, has offered buyers interior space of an SUV and cargo truck capability and spurred the growing
I guess the first one didn’t take after all. The scope of the (January 18) hearing was a bit too narrow – leaving out some fairly important attending facts. Like, say, the (at least) five other Chevy Volt fires that have
Unions now subsist on taxpayer dollars. This year’s annual BLS report on union data reaffirmed a decade old trend: union growth is predicated on an ever-growing government. 2012 marks the third consecutive year there were more public sector union member
Official Labor Department reports say the nation’s February unemployment rate is still 8.3% – but reality is far worse. Most of that job growth was in business and professional services, and half was temporary. Millions of Americans are working part-time
It was just a few days ago that General Motors announced it was killing the Chevy Volt. The King Was Dead. Well, long live the European King: today, the Geneva Auto Show named the Volt its 2012 Car of the
On Friday, General Motors announced that it will temporarily suspend production of the Chevy Volt and temporarily lay off 1,300 workers associated with the electric car.Three days prior to GM’s decision to halt production of the Volt, President Barack Obama
One of the Democratic Party’s top fundraisers and the co-chairman of the Democratic National Convention host-committee, Duke Energy Corp. CEO Jim Rogers, contributed more than $210,000 to Democrats since 2008 and saw his company receive $230.4 million in federal grants