The ONLY car company NOT to take stimulus dollars was Ford.

Given that, here are what your taxpayer dollars are actually funding:

Fox 2’s Rob Wolchek got a tip about what some guys are doing at Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. This is the same plant that President Barack Obama visited back in July and talked about the significance of manufacturing in America.

The same place where the President remarked on the tax-payer generated government loan saying “I believed that if each of us were willing to work and sacrifice in the short term — workers, management, creditors, shareholders, retirees, communities — it could mark a new beginning for a great American industry. And if we could summon that sense of teamwork and common purpose, we could once again see the best cars in the world designed, engineered, forged, and built right here in Detroit, right here in the Midwest, right here in the United States of America.”

And yet, your tax dollars are being spent for those making $75 + an hour. Certainly more than I make an hour, after 35 years on my job.

Response to Query: Update on FOX 2’s Jefferson North Expose
From the FOX 2 story on Chrysler Group’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant, the company was able to identify all 15 employees captured on video. Within 36 hours of learning about this matter, each one of the employees was suspended indefinitely without pay. While the evidence seems conclusive, the company needs to act in accordance with corporate protocol before further action is taken. We expect that by Monday, each of these cases will be dispositioned.

This isn’t just private cash at work; this is public cash — taxpayer money.

Which, for me, makes ALL the difference in the world.

BZ