Comments on: Dealergate 9: Questioning the ‘auto task force tyrants’

By: The_Gadfly

The_Gadfly — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:46:06 +0000

It’s a Dem who is shafting the people not a Rep, so no story there.

Sorry, I can no longer tolerate the hypocrisies of:

independent press
free press
if it bleeds it leads press
antagonistic press

They are, with a very few exceptions, part and parcel part of the fascist/socialist tyranny trying to overthrow the great American Experiment.

By: The_Gadfly

The_Gadfly — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:42:38 +0000

pay to play scheme. King George would be so proud!

By: GCBWI

GCBWI — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:37:13 +0000

going by Congressman Poe’s figures, raise the national unemployment rate?

By: oklahomajon

oklahomajon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:59:31 +0000

I think part of going on beside the going away of the Rep.dealer is that the small dealer is going away they want the Super dealer which in my is wrong which these guy dont the diffrence beteewn battery and brake pad so they should not be i n charge of building car but i think in the end it the small town dealer probaly going away and that wrong because it part of America oh well have good day everybody

By: oklahomajon

oklahomajon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:59:31 +0000

By: E Pluribus Unum

E Pluribus Unum — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:18:48 +0000

this is terrific stuff, and Painter just keeps turning up the heat.

By: youthgrunt

youthgrunt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:19:28 +0000

I have been thinking since I saw a headline about the FDIC wanting to “shake up” Citibank that it would probably be good if Congress would pass a law prohibiting the Executive branch/government from making any suggestions or requirements for personnel moves in any company. It is something that they can do and there could possibly be enough Democrats that might sign on with it to make it happen.

I will suggest to my Congressmen tomorrow.

By: furious

furious — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:11:58 +0000

…not an option, when you and your clients are being threatened by the White House. Old-school Chicago-style. Cross that line and it’s Audit Flags and TSA Watch Lists for life.

My question is, where are this generation’s Woodwards and Bernsteins? The whole sleazy bunch at the Auto Task Force and their slimy manipulations have Pulitzer written all over them.

By: Rapunzel46

Rapunzel46 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:27:31 +0000

they have control over at least a trillion dollars and not one of them has gone though congressional hearings to be vetted…. The Auto Czar, Ratner is the worst of the worst and refuses interviews by people like Neal Cavuto……

By: $peciallist

$peciallist — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:07:48 +0000

but this stuff is GOOD….people need to see this

By: $peciallist

$peciallist — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:05:09 +0000

This issue is So important…and this series of diaries is so good..

It should have it’s own Redstate category if possible….or something….

(when you click on dealergate tag you only get 7 and 9)

By: cmw

cmw — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:46:33 +0000

Why don’t some of these dealers who have been closed file a class action lawsuit against Chrysler and the Auto Task Force? I’m sure Chrysler has the legal right to terminate the franchise under some contract or other, but a lawsuit and subpoenas might be the only way to bring to light the larger question; namely, under what constitutional power does the federal government exercise this direct interference in private business affairs?

By: Brad Smith

Brad Smith — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:21:59 +0000

Regardless of whatever becomes of “Dealergate” (should it be “tailgate”), all this shows the problems of nationalization. Congressmen and other politically connected are going to get involved, and try to pressure government decision makers. Whatever the real truth is here almost doesn’t matter - what’s clear is that once the government is involved, you can’t keep politics out. The connected will get rewarded and protected, the unconnected will get the shaft, and the economy will go downhill as decisions are made for political rather than economic reasons.

By: montanan

montanan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:59:43 +0000

Seriously, if the white house doesn’t have a Nixon style hit list now, then it surely would if certain members of Congress were to threaten the Obama Date Night Fund. If Obama can use economic hit men to pull the trigger on wayward dealerships then he can most certainly use real hit men to take out a wayward congressman.

By: Brian Simpson

Brian Simpson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:29:07 +0000

then maybe he needs to suggest defunding the White House?

By: Josh Painter

Josh Painter — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:15:24 +0000

The auto task force, AFIK, has no budget. Its members have other jobs, and I don’t think they are paid extra for sitting on the panel. I don’t believe there are any paid staff, either - just interns.

As I said in the diary, the auto task force answers only to President Obama. It is not subject to congressional oversight, and the way it does its business is far from being transparent.

Like Obama, the auto task force is out of control. Although Tim Geithner is the figurehead, the panel is run by Steven Rattner, who is essentially the car czar.

- JP

By: Brian Simpson

Brian Simpson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:57:31 +0000

that Congress has the power of the purse. He needs to immediately introduce a bill that defunds the Auto Task Force until they shine some sunlight onto their decision making process.