tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post1714022357665179940..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: DOWN TO THE DOCTORS: Pirates (Again), Protests, Property Rights and the PresidentPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-32076622820845649162009-04-30T12:54:00.000+12:002009-04-30T12:54:00.000+12:00Naaah! Ruth don't care about details like that! ...Naaah! Ruth don't care about details like that! <br /><br />LGMLGMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-16124843624128564652009-04-30T12:35:00.000+12:002009-04-30T12:35:00.000+12:00Ruth - how do you think the US govt became the big...Ruth - how do you think the US govt became the biggest shareholder in GM? <br /><br />Is it the government's role to use taxpayer money to buy into private business when the taxpayers may choose not to do this individually?Richard McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485082980018421590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-46587464344762139832009-04-29T23:46:00.000+12:002009-04-29T23:46:00.000+12:00You seem to have conveniently dropped the context ...You seem to have conveniently dropped the context of how and why and at whose expense General Motors became Government Motors.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72945476869203743042009-04-29T18:16:00.000+12:002009-04-29T18:16:00.000+12:00Comment 4 is quite incorrect.
As the US govt is t...Comment 4 is quite incorrect.<br /><br />As the US govt is the biggest shareholder in GM they are quite entitled to pressure for the removal of the CEO - who as you note has destroyed billions of SH value while living high on the hog. <br /><br />Currently the Obama Administration is pushing for the removal of C's Pandit - and everyone hopes they succeed.<br /><br />As the largest shareholder they have *every* right. <br /><br />Check your premises.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com