# Prez Obama says 'no more handouts'. US automakers get a deadline

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [March 31, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prez-obama-says-no-more-handouts-us-automakers-get-a-deadline/123110 "2009-03-31T14:55:56Z")
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### Author: ![Solarian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solarian/32/5514_2.png) [@Solarian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Solarian)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/prez-obama-says-no-more-handouts-us-automakers-get-a-deadline/123110/30 "2009-04-02T17:04:06Z")

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> [@Greatest. Picture. EVER.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/greatest-picture-ever/21183/4):
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> Any plants I know of only paid their normal workers about $23-ish/hr. The tradesmen got $30+/hr.

That’s a LOT of money man, and with what qualifications? An OSSD? Please. The CAW is the reason why people thought, and still think that a real education is a waste of money, and simultaneously the reason why the auto industry is bankrupt. You don’t pay grunts $23/hr, you pay them barely above minimum wage. If they don’t like it, you replace them.

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