The United Auto Workers greed in action.

The United Auto Workers union refused to take a wage cut, and now they wait for Bush to step in and throw money at them. I hope he doesn't , I hope he lets them sink or swim of their volition, they don't deserve a bail out. Years of demanding more and more have clouded their judgement, given them a false sense of entitlement. They can't blame the government, or the economy if they go under. They can only turn to themselves and point an accusatory finger in the mirror. The decision to play their typical stubborn role, to refuse to bend is the death knell of the American auto industry. Even if they survive, even if Bush misappropriated money from the Financial bailout, the American auto industry is dieing. These are hard times, a lot of people are losing their jobs, and when the smoke clears, people are going to remember. They are going to remember that the UAW refused to bend, that they tried to hold the American peoples feet to the flame.

When you come hat in hand, asking for money, then refuse to give anything in return, people remember that, and they resent it. When you scream that the sky is falling, then refuse to give anything yourself, all the while demanding that the rest of the country give , it is a slap in the face, it is a glaring example of greed and self centeredness, and people won't forget it. Any sympathy I might have conjured up for the soon to be unemployed auto workers has evaporated, let them sink or swim on their own, just like all the rest of us. Nobody is throwing money at the out of work people in construction, or the service industry, or in manufacturing, or the laid off writers, or the countless others who are watching their livelihood disappear. But the UAW, on the verge of getting the money they have been begging for, cut off it's nose to spite it's face. They refused to budge, even if it meant losing it all. Expect to see a proliferation of Nissan's and Honda's, and a bunch of greedy people out of jobs, with only themselves to blame.