Great Quote
Rachel Maddow credits the head of the Steelworkers’ Union (my dad’s union) with the following quote on the classism involved with bailouts and bailout politics:
“The people who take a shower before work get bailed out. The people who have to take a shower after work get thrown out.”
I’d like to point out that the sacrifice we’re asking of the top leadership on Wall Street and at the car companies includes things like not taking their million dollar bonuses, not flying in private jets, and not going on extravagant corporate retreats. The sacrifice that we’re asking of the line workers at GM, Ford, and Chrysler is their health care and their retirement security.
