Cars, Congress And Cooperation.

Here's a new twist or is it a revival of an old twist? Or is it a continuation of the same ole, same ole? Remember back when the American auto industry was on the ropes and besides the bailout of GM and Chrysler, all three needed big concessions from the unions? And remember the unions came through and cut way back on wages and benefits? Okay, now fast forward to now. The auto companies are doing very nicely, thank you very much. So now the unions are sitting up and saying, hey, we think we should share in the good times. After all we felt the pain during the bad times. Ya know what? I think they have a point. I think that the industry owes the workers some of the profits, or they need to cut the prices of the cars and trucks they're selling, or even better would be to spend those profits on research into better vehicles and better fuel conservation or new fuel sources. But I'll bet they'd rather spend those profits on higher pay packages for corporate execs and stockholders. Does anyone want to bet on how they'll wind up spending those profits? Here's a hint. Who makes the decisions? Now I don't mean to suggest that the deck is stacked in favor of the execs, but if I were a gambler, I still wouldn't want to sit in on that game. Not without a new dealer and a new deck. It's not too unlike the Tea Party in Congress. They got just about everything they wanted  but have decided they want it all or nothing. In other words, if we can't have our way, then the country should just fall apart. We don't care. Not if we can't have our way. I know spoiled brats who are more reasonable.