For those who want to link this with Obama, here are a few passages from the CBC report on the GM recall:+“Documents given to the committee indicate GM received hundreds of consumer complaints about the ignition switch and may have diagnosed the problem as much as 10 years ago, but did not act to inform consumers or get the cars off the road.”+“Particularly damning was an internal GM memo dating from 2005, examining problems with the Cobalt ignition switches but opting against a recall.”+“Families of some of the victims of the ignition switch fault gave a press conference ahead of the hearings, demanding that GM take steps to get all of the affected cars off the road.The cars should not be driven until the fault can be fixed, said Laura Christian, whose daughter died in 2005 in an accident involving a Chevy Cobalt.She also asked Congress to pass legislation that would give the NHTSA the tools to hold auto companies to account.“The car manufacturers cannot be permitted to act as if there was an acceptable level of loss of life,” she said.Another bereaved mother, Terry DiBattista, described how she helped her daughter, Amber choose a Chevy Cobalt in 2005 because of its safety features. Her daughter died when the ignition switched off on the highway, leaving the car difficult to control.DiBattista called for criminal investigation into GM’s conduct.“It’s clear GM’s concern was with its bottom line and not the safety of our loved ones,” she said.”+http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-recall-linked-to-57-cent-ignition-switch-component-1.2593930+Your hatred of Obama is clouding your ability to reason.
My post was a response to attempts to link Obama to this failure at GM. Clearly the problem goes back at least to 2005 and perhaps back to 2001 — I don’t think Obama can be blamed for events at GM back then. The question of the bailout is a different question entirely.
lonecat about 10 years ago
For those who want to link this with Obama, here are a few passages from the CBC report on the GM recall:+“Documents given to the committee indicate GM received hundreds of consumer complaints about the ignition switch and may have diagnosed the problem as much as 10 years ago, but did not act to inform consumers or get the cars off the road.”+“Particularly damning was an internal GM memo dating from 2005, examining problems with the Cobalt ignition switches but opting against a recall.”+“Families of some of the victims of the ignition switch fault gave a press conference ahead of the hearings, demanding that GM take steps to get all of the affected cars off the road.The cars should not be driven until the fault can be fixed, said Laura Christian, whose daughter died in 2005 in an accident involving a Chevy Cobalt.She also asked Congress to pass legislation that would give the NHTSA the tools to hold auto companies to account.“The car manufacturers cannot be permitted to act as if there was an acceptable level of loss of life,” she said.Another bereaved mother, Terry DiBattista, described how she helped her daughter, Amber choose a Chevy Cobalt in 2005 because of its safety features. Her daughter died when the ignition switched off on the highway, leaving the car difficult to control.DiBattista called for criminal investigation into GM’s conduct.“It’s clear GM’s concern was with its bottom line and not the safety of our loved ones,” she said.”+http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-recall-linked-to-57-cent-ignition-switch-component-1.2593930+Your hatred of Obama is clouding your ability to reason.
lonecat about 10 years ago
My post was a response to attempts to link Obama to this failure at GM. Clearly the problem goes back at least to 2005 and perhaps back to 2001 — I don’t think Obama can be blamed for events at GM back then. The question of the bailout is a different question entirely.