Gangster Government

[cwo_ghwebb]

Think carefully about what’s happening here. The White House, presumably car czar Steven Rattner and deputy Ron Bloom, is seeking to transfer the property of one group of people to another group that is politically favored. In the process, it is setting aside basic property rights in favor of rewarding the United Auto Workers for the support the union has given the Democratic Party. The only possible limit on the White House’s power is the bankruptcy judge, who might not go along.

Michigan politicians of both parties joined Obama in denouncing the holdout bondholders. They point to the sad plight of UAW retirees not getting full payment of the health care benefits the union negotiated with Chrysler. But the plight of the beneficiaries of the pension funds represented by the bondholders is sad too. Ordinarily you would expect these claims to be weighed and determined by the rule of law. But not apparently in this administration.

Obama’s attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in a nominee to replace Justice David Souter. He wants “someone who understands justice is not just about some abstract legal theory,” he said, but someone who has “empathy.” In other words, judges should decide cases so that the right people win, not according to the rule of law.

www.washingtonexaminer.com >> Politics >> - White House puts UAW ahead of property rights

C.S. Lewis said it best, 'Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.'

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

C.S. Lewis said it best, 'Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.'

Damn if that isn't this crew summed up rather nicely!

[vraiblonde]

“One of my clients,” Lauria told host Frank Beckmann, “was directly threatened by the White House and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under threat that the full force of the White House press corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight.”

I'm sorry - what was that?

[otter (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

I'm sorry - what was that?

Standard tactic of Rahm Emanuel.

[ImnoMensa]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Damn if that isn't this crew summed up rather nicely!

Yes it does until you realise that this crew has no conscience.

[cwo_ghwebb]

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

Yes it does until you realise that this crew has no conscience.

And obviously no respect for the rule of law.

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

I'm sorry - what was that?

Just that media thing. Move along, nothing to see here.

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

C.S. Lewis said it best, 'Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.'

Chicagoland-style thuggery.

[cwo_ghwebb]

Originally Posted by Bann

Chicagoland-style thuggery.

...the entire strategy is self-defeating. Part of the problem with American automakers has been the UAW’s resistance to changes in compensation that would make them more competitive. Now, with the Obama administration tilting the bankruptcies of both Chrysler and GM to put the UAW in control, the likelihood of real change that will produce a competitive firm has all but disappeared. It also puts the union in position to crash Ford, through job actions, because they will need to eliminate the competition in order to make their new stock positions valuable enough to pay off their liabilities. It’s a disaster created by government fiat, no pun intended. If indeed we’re seeing gangster government, it would help to have smarter gangsters running it. I’d call this a Fredo Government. We keep hearing Obama’s defenders say, “He’s smart! He knows things! Not like everybody says!”

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Looks like the new puppetmaster is David Axelrod.