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Tell me, Art...

TB — 6/1/2009 7:18:44 PM (archived)

What would have been all that different right now if GM had just gone into conventional Chapter 11 from the first?

I'll give you one for free: Under existing bankruptcy laws and court procedures, the outcome would have been a lot less favorable to the unions.

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Nationalization of GM update - TB - 6/1/2009 6:24:30 PM
- As opposed to the TB Plan - azstrummer - 6/1/2009 6:55:24 PM
  - Anyone understand the implications of this bankruptcy? - Bowser - 6/2/2009 3:55:55 AM
    - You don't normally need the President's supervision to undergo a corporate bankruptcy procedure. - TB - 6/2/2009 4:32:18 AM
      - By facilitating a smooth and rapid bankruptcy, the Obama administration is saving thousands of jobs. - z - 6/2/2009 2:40:49 PM
        
        For how long? - Jefferson-Washington - 6/4/2009 6:34:25 PM
        
        Read the study. - TB - 6/2/2009 4:16:47 PM
        
        You don't limit union power by trashing your manufactruing sector (n/t) - E.P. - 6/3/2009 9:58:03 PM
        
        But Obama's Auto Task Force has guided the whole process!! - z - 6/2/2009 9:02:35 PM
        
        In a bankruptcy, the court system would have handled those same things. - TB - 6/2/2009 9:27:45 PM
        
        We all saw the wonders of a free, underregulated financial system last fall - z - 6/3/2009 2:23:40 PM
        
        the role of regulation - Robert - 6/2/2009 7:54:56 PM
        
        re: the role of regulation - TB - 6/2/2009 9:23:28 PM
        
        re: the role of regulation - Robert - 6/3/2009 4:42:03 PM
        
        re: the role of regulation - TB - 6/3/2009 8:23:50 PM
        
        What did GM do between the years 2000 and 2008 to approach financial ruin? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 6/3/2009 11:57:04 PM
      - You also don't normally get government resources and guarantees. GM got a sweet deal. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/2/2009 7:42:01 AM
      - Anyone understand the implications of this bankruptcy? (n/t) - Bowser - 6/2/2009 5:44:59 AM
  - Tell me, Art... - TB - 6/1/2009 7:18:44 PM
    - And those unions - azstrummer - 6/2/2009 2:51:08 PM
      - re: And those unions - TB - 6/2/2009 4:34:49 PM
        
        re: And socialism - TB - 6/2/2009 4:49:22 PM
    - I am with you on this one Tom. - REB - 6/1/2009 7:51:01 PM
      - It's hilarious seeing the left suddenly defend Big Business Bailouts. (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 6/2/2009 3:44:33 AM
        
        And how funny is it seeing someone equate "bankruptcy" with "bailout"? - Bowser - 6/2/2009 4:04:26 AM
- When capitalism fails something has to fill the vacuum. - Bowser - 6/1/2009 6:45:28 PM
  - WTC will Never be Built in MY LIFETIME - carl - 6/2/2009 7:43:40 PM

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