Daniel Z. - 09 August 2008 12:45 AM

I. B. Freeman - 08 August 2008 11:36 PM

Jindal is no friend of the taxpayer if he gives a bunch of tax money to GM to stay open in Shreveport.

Jindal and Moret no doubt know the financial peril of GM. If their burn rate continues at the present rate they are bankrupt in 12 months. Now knowing this what do you think they will say if they are successful and GM bankrupts a year latter?? Will they say “we showed America we will subsidize business regardless of their financial strength. Louisiana is economically developing!!"”

I would think Jindal to be stupid to do this but he is not stupid. This is just another example of his willingness to spend any amount of our money to remain in power.

Shame nobody was around before the election to warn people about Jindal.....

Well Daniel Z you certainly didn’t warn us of Jindal’s big spending ways now did you? You warned of all the budget cuts.

If you are true to your ideology then you should ecstatic with Jindal’s socialistic ways. No democrat could have ever increased social spending as much as Jindal did.

You and Bottomline are both the same. He claims to be a conservative yet sees no wrong with Jindal even though Jindal has been very liberal with spending and you profess to be a liberal yet see nothing right with Jindal even though he has been very liberal. You both are more devoted to your parties than your beliefs.

I. B. Freeman - 10 August 2008 01:11 PM

Daniel Z. - 09 August 2008 12:45 AM

I. B. Freeman - 08 August 2008 11:36 PM

Jindal is no friend of the taxpayer if he gives a bunch of tax money to GM to stay open in Shreveport.

Jindal and Moret no doubt know the financial peril of GM. If their burn rate continues at the present rate they are bankrupt in 12 months. Now knowing this what do you think they will say if they are successful and GM bankrupts a year latter?? Will they say “we showed America we will subsidize business regardless of their financial strength. Louisiana is economically developing!!"”

I would think Jindal to be stupid to do this but he is not stupid. This is just another example of his willingness to spend any amount of our money to remain in power.

Shame nobody was around before the election to warn people about Jindal.....

Well Daniel Z you certainly didn’t warn us of Jindal’s big spending ways now did you? You warned of all the budget cuts.

If you are true to your ideology then you should ecstatic with Jindal’s socialistic ways. No democrat could have ever increased social spending as much as Jindal did.

You and Bottomline are both the same. He claims to be a conservative yet sees no wrong with Jindal even though Jindal has been very liberal with spending and you profess to be a liberal yet see nothing right with Jindal even though he has been very liberal. You both are more devoted to your parties than your beliefs.

It must be nice for you to be able to state what my ideology is and then attack the strawman you have created.

Let me ask you a question.... if I am such a “liberal” why did I support a national sales tax to replace our income tax when I ran for Congress?

Jindal is in Detroit this morning. You got to love dem incentives - cash. The real thing? Did we take a collection amongst the citizens? Pocket change for GM.

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Jindal to meet with GM leaders in Detroit
by The Associated Press Friday August 15, 2008, 6:59 AM
BATON ROUGE—Gov. Bobby Jindal is heading to Detroit this morning in hope of saving jobs at Shreveport’s General Motors assembly plant.

Jindal and Shreveport officials are meeting today with GM North America president Troy Clarke. They plan to offer incentives to bring the plant back to full employment.

GM plans to cut the second shift at its Shreveport plant on September 29, ending jobs for nearly 800 people.

State incentives could include tax breaks, cash to improve the factory, training help or other options. For example, Jindal says the state could help convert equipment at the plant to make more fuel-efficient vehicles.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/jindal_to_meet_with_gm_leaders.html

maurepas1 - 08 August 2008 03:57 PM

I don’t get it. I thought the idea was that Jindal gets elected, we pass an ethics package, we become the gold standard in ethics, and based on that companies would flock to Louisiana to open plants and factories. If GM doesn’t want to be part of the Jindal Jive, then I say tell them to stick it. And why is Jindal taking the state jet to Detroit. Shouldn’t GM be heading to Baton Rouge?  What kind of respect is this that GM’s execs are showing Jindal? Is GM aware that Moret is working on a deal with another yet unnamed carmaker?

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SHREVEPORT (AP) — On Aug. 15, Louisiana’s governor, Shreveport’s mayor and other leaders will head to Detroit to talk to General Motors about saving local jobs.

Gov. Bobby Jindal, Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover and someone from the Caddo Parish Commission will head to Detroit where they’re expected to meet with GM’s president of North America and the company’s head of manufacturing for North America.

Jindal says their intent for the trip is to make it clear to GM that the state is willing to be aggressive in being GM’s partner in putting people back to work in Louisiana.

Last week, GM Shreveport announced they would be getting rid of its entire second shift at the end of September. At least 700 jobs will be cut from GM and hundreds more will also be lost from supply companies.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/26421609.html

So much for republican free enterprise, the magic hand of Adam Smith.  Bend over, Bobby, and hope that GM uses lube.