1) Most notably Mr. Akerson called for a massive gas tax hike in the U.S. commenting, "You know what I'd rather have them do — this will make my Republican friends puke — as gas is going to go down here now, we ought to just slap a 50-cent or a dollar tax on a gallon of gas. People will start buying more Cruzes and they will start buying less Suburbans."
2) The CEO, who bills himself as "a Colin Powell Republican — not a Sarah Palin Republican", praised U.S. President Barack Obama, stating he'd "done a pretty good job on the economy", which was a "nightmare" when he received it from former President George W. Bush.
3) He comments, "We are in the midst of transforming an iconic American company so 20 and 30 years from now (taxpayers) will look at this company and they'll say, 'Absolutely it was the right thing to do.' And it shouldn't be measured on did it sell for $43 or $53 (a share) or did they lose a couple billion dollars?"
4) Despite the reality that taxpayers will likely lose quite a bit of money, Mr. Akerson infers that it's worth it and that taxpaying Americans are so "generous" they will surely be happy to foot the bill.
http://www.dailytech.com/GMs+CEO+Praise ... e21839.htm
Strait shooter. enuf said
ps i won't be buying any more GM autos soon.
