They want health care? A pension? Outrageous!

I've been meaning to shine a light on this recipient of wingnut welfare since it aired last night. The lies and distortions are obvious enough and it is disappointing that Marketplace, in its eternal goal to counter Robert Reich, permits pure bullshit to ride the radio waves. But two kind of obvious things are at work here: As one commentor notes, labor costs represent only 10% of the price of a car; and people haven't chosen not to buy American cars because of their cost.

If you want to argue that UAW leadership should have to walk right along with the GM CEO, then that's worth a discussion. If you want to argue that GM should file for bankruptcy, I'll listen. But for Marketplace to air this type of attack on union workers... well, it's getting old.