Politics

bailout
GM's Prez Begs Customers To Plead On GM's Behalf

Consumerist reader Darkrose writes, "I just got this in my e-mail. Thought you guys might be interested in it." In the email, GM's president Troy Clarke is in high PR mode, pointing out the grave consequences and emphasizing that GM wants not "a bailout but rather a loan that will be repaid." We thought other readers who aren't GM customers would find it interesting.

Tonight, the president of Ford Motors will be on Campbell Brown's "No Bias, No Bull" program on CNN at 8pm ET/5pm PT, presumably to hit similar talking points. Dance, auto monkey! Dance for the TV audience! More »

1:57 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
By Chris Walters
7,930 views, 238 comments

Most discussed bostonhockey: Can someone explain this to me: so, we're to bailout a company - or rather, three companies - that failed more »
ugly
Amazon Lists Barack Obama Mask Under "Terrorist Costume"
The LA Times says that Amazon.com had a mask depicting democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama listed under the search term "terrorist costume." The listing has since been pulled but the LA Times has a screengrab. More »

2:15 PM on Mon Oct 27 2008
By Meg Marco
17,545 views, 119 comments
Palin Takes Protecting Polar Bears "Very Seriously"

For the sake of balance, vis-à-vis Obama's Taking It Seriously, here's one for Sarah Palin.

WHO: Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin.
WHAT: In an op-ed, Palin, who favors opening ANWR to drilling and whose husband got a $46,790 paycheck last year from BP, laid out her reasons for why the Bush administration shouldn't have added polar bears to the endangered species list.
WHERE: "Bearing Up" [NYT Op-Ed]
THE QUOTE: "The state takes very seriously its job of protecting polar bears and their habitat..."
BONUS QUOTE: "If you are not for opening ANWR, in the state of Alaska, you couldn't get elected dogcatcher." - former Alaska state Rep. Ray Metcalfe in an AP article. More »

11:24 AM on Tue Sep 2 2008
By Ben Popken
7,311 views, 151 comments
obama
Obama's Promises To Consumers
Obama just gave his acceptance speech to become the Democratic candidate for the next President of the United States of America. Here's what was in it for consumers, he promised to: More »

11:20 PM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By Ben Popken
16,361 views, 241 comments
corporate crime
Nestle Paying $230 To Suck Millions Of Gallons Of Water From Florida Until 2018
Despite fierce opposition from the local water management district staff, and concerns that it would deplete an already scarce natural resource from the people who live there, Nestle managed to secure a deal to pump nearly 1.5 million gallons of water a day into their Deer Park bottling plant for the next ten years. Nestle pays no other fees for the water beyond the $230 license—in fact, "Nestle has received two [tax] refunds totaling $196,000 and requested a third tax refund." To make the matter even more offensive, the plant hasn't delivered on its commitment to employ 300 workers, and it so far has failed to bring in the estimated $12 million-a-year to the local economy. The St. Petersburg Times has a rich, infuriating history of the Nestle fiasco and how they've conned Floridians out of their own water with the help of state politicians. More »

12:46 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Chris Walters
9,243 views, 56 comments

Latest by taka2k7: They never should have given the promises, but then the plant and jobs would have gone elsewhere (which might be more »
credit cards
Do Presidential Candidates Care About Credit Card Reform?
All Presidential candidates should have a plan to wean America off its credit card dependence. We collectively owe almost $1 trillion to credit card companies, but only the Democratic candidates have written plans to reform the credit card industry. Alpha Consumer wrote an excellent summary of their competing plans to strike at some of the industry's most harmful practices. More »

4:15 PM on Sat Feb 16 2008
By Carey
5,702 views, 87 comments

Latest by spamtasticus: You heard the democrat's plans and should check out Ron Paul's plans, but for now study Spamtasticus's credit fix plan: Short more »

usury
Study Says Payday Lenders More Prevalent In Areas Of High Christian Conservative Power
A law professor and associate professor of geography set out to create the most comprehensive map of U.S. payday lenders to date. What they found, to their surprise, was "a surprising relationship between populations of Christian conservatives and the proliferation of payday lenders." And it's not a side effect of a poor population that happens to be Christian, according to the authors: "Our research showed that the correlation between payday lenders and the political power of conservative Christians was stronger than the correlation between payday lenders and the proportion of a population living below the poverty line." More »

5:01 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Chris Walters
18,274 views, 116 comments

Latest by CyberSkull: They're reaping what the money changers sowed. more »
A look at where the candidates stand on the sub-prime mortgage meltdown and credit crisis. [Bankrate]

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Bankrate did a neat thing where they broke down the presidential candidates views on the subprime/credit crisis, Social Security, taxes, health care, education, and employment. That way you can try to see which candidate might be best for consumers. [Bankrate]

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President Bush is expected to use his State of the Union address to tell the Senate to STFU and pass the stimulus package already. [Associated Press]

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