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Old 03-29-2009, 07:56 PM   #1
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GM CEO STEPPING DOWN - New York Post

GM CEO STEPPING DOWN
QUITS AT WHITE HOUSE'S REQUEST
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares to unveil additional restructuring efforts designed to save the domestic auto industry.
The officials asked not to be identified because details of the restructuring plan have not yet been made public. On Monday, Obama is to announce plans to restructure GM and Chrysler LLC in exchange for additional government loans. The companies have been living on $17.4 billion in government aid and have requested $21.6 billion more.
Wagoner, 56, joined the company in 1977, serving in several capacities in the U.S., Brazil and Europe. He has been chairman and chief executive since May 1, 2003.
Obama said Sunday that GM and Chrysler and all those with a stake in their survival need to take more hard steps to help the struggling automakers restructure for the future.
In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" broadcast Sunday, Obama said the companies must do more to receive additional financial aid from the government.
"They're not there yet," he said.
A person familiar with Obama's plans said last week they would go deeper than what the Bush administration demanded when it approved the initial loans last year.
Wagoner's departure indicates that more management changes may be part of the deal. Wagoner has repeatedly said he felt it was better for the company if he led it through the crisis.
Wagoner, in an interview with The Associated Press in December, declined to speculate on suggestions from some members of Congress that GM's leadership team should step down as part of any rescue package.
"I'm doing what I do because it adds a lot of value to the company," Wagoner said in a Dec. 4 interview as GM sought federal aid from the Bush administration. "It's not clear to me that experience in this industry should be viewed as a negative but I'm going to do what's right for the company and I'll do it in consultation with the (GM) board (of directors)."

 
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Old 03-29-2009, 08:14 PM   #2
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watch your back, CEO's

 
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Old 03-29-2009, 08:23 PM   #3
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What the fuck is going on?

 
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Old 03-29-2009, 09:06 PM   #4
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What the fuck is going on?
I told you. Fascism.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 12:56 AM   #5
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watch your back, CEO's

yeah, you never know when hnibos will jump out from a dark alleyway and stab you in the O with an unnecessary apostrophe

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:01 AM   #6
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yeah, you never know when hnibos will jump out from a dark alleyway and stab you in the O with an unnecessary apostrophe
*chortle*

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:01 AM   #7
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isn't it obvious?? Obama was just using us to get him elected so he could become the car CEO he's always dreamed of being

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:09 AM   #8
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this isn't what fascism is.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:22 AM   #9
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ryan patrick you just typed 'is' like 9 times

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:24 AM   #10
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this isn't what fascism is.
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Old 03-30-2009, 03:15 AM   #11
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i know this ground has been sufficiently covered, but for the love of god, i wish they would just let the companies fail

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:10 AM   #12
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yeah! let's impeach the fascist socialist bastard! yaarrrr!

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 04:11 AM   #13
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anyway, wagoner is a fucking hack. anything to get him out of his job is probably better for the country in the long run.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 11:26 AM   #14
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Remember the first 6 months nimrod started posting here everyone thought he was 12 until it was revealed he was 36

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 11:39 AM   #15
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Fascists don't usually ask, Nimrod.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:25 PM   #16
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The first step in fascism is where the government begins to take over and partially own and run and dictate to businesses. Look at your history. I mean, national corporatism is one of the basic economic tenets of fascism....

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:47 PM   #17
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This came three years too late. You don't keep a CEO around if he sucks. You hire a CEO because that person should make your company most profitable. He only maintained his position as CEO in the first place because he was friends with more idiot board members.

He was bringing down that moronic company. Since he took charge, GM stocks have dropped... 98%. He needed to go but could not be cut off.

Still though, I don't think he's at home crying about his millions of dollars in the bank and Harvard business school diploma. I'd imagine it's more like "LOL GG GM!!" than "Those fascists took mah job!"

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:48 PM   #18
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I just wish that idiot Bob Lutz would step up. He's priceless. For years he's been another public embarrassment to GM.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:52 PM   #19
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lol I can see this.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 01:52 PM   #20
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Furthermore, even Fukui-san is stepping down, who was extremely well regarded for the last couple of years for being such a great businessman and engineer. Sometimes you just have to cycle CEOs to keep up with the times.

Nardelli's just a complete joke, I'd have quit on day one if I were him.

Mulally is the only domestic CEO worthy of any respect, because he actually had a direction that required QUALITY. Instead of bitching about costs he focused on profits, unlike GM.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:21 PM   #21
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This came three years too late. You don't keep a CEO around if he sucks. You hire a CEO because that person should make your company most profitable. He only maintained his position as CEO in the first place because he was friends with more idiot board members.

He was bringing down that moronic company. Since he took charge, GM stocks have dropped... 98%. He needed to go but could not be cut off.

Still though, I don't think he's at home crying about his millions of dollars in the bank and Harvard business school diploma. I'd imagine it's more like "LOL GG GM!!" than "Those fascists took mah job!"
that's not really the point.. the point is that the white house is trying to now run private businesses in the US. regardless ifthe guy was/is a fucking shitty CEO, it is not the responsibility or right of the federal government to dictate the terms of his dismissal.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:29 PM   #22
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If you're going to beg for money from the government, you expect it to just fall into your hands? Isn't that the kind of handout someone like you would hate?

 
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You seem to be forgetting that GM sought the government's help. The government didn't just show up one day and try to push Wagoner out of a job.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:35 PM   #24
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If you're going to beg for money from the government, you expect it to just fall into your hands? Isn't that the kind of handout someone like you would hate?
I don't like ANY of the handouts. Let bad businesses fail, and better ones will take their place.

 
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You seem to be forgetting that GM sought the government's help. The government didn't just show up one day and try to push Wagoner out of a job.
Yes, the government is using a financial crisis that they helped to cause in order to become shareholders in major US corporations and now are trying to dictate corporate policy, direction, and employment.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 02:37 PM   #26
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BTW Obama's promise to "create jobs" I suppose now stands at -1 jobs.

 
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BTW Obama's promise to "create jobs" I suppose now stands at -1 jobs.
Ha, touche.

However GM's begging for money sounds more reasonable when you look at it like this:

"We need money because things got super crappy."
"I'm sorry to hear that. How can you guarantee I will get this money back?"
"Well, we will change from being crappy to good."
"How will you do that?"
"It will *******, among many things, firing our worthless CEO."

If you're going to beg for Barack's money you've got to show you will give it back, I guess.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 03:08 PM   #28
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BTW Obama's promise to "create jobs" I suppose now stands at -1 jobs.
Wrong, his speeches have "saved" probably close to 2mil by now.

 
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Old 03-30-2009, 06:31 PM   #29
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Wah, a shitty CEO was asked to step down and accepted the offer after not delivering on promises that he made as a condition of taking previous bailout monies. How sad.

He probably thanked the administration profusely for getting him the fuck out of there, the incompetent jerk.

Take up arms Nimrod, the sky is falli...err..our democracy is in mortal danger!!

 
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