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When General Motors was about to tank in 2008, the federal government came to its rescue with a massive bailout. GM has since bounced back and recorded huge profits.
So plenty of folks in Washington feel that GM is an ungrateful company and anger is building, reports Keith Laing of The Detroit News:
Anger at General Motors Co.' s austerity plans that would idle four U.S. plants, cut 8,000 salaried employees and threaten the jobs of 3,300 hourly workers reached a fever pitch in Washington Thursday, as President Donald Trump continued to flash his anger and House Democrats railed against the automaker.
Speaking at a press conference called to highlight Trump's campaign promises to auto workers in the areas that would be affected by the plant idlings, Democratic members of the House Congressional Automotive Caucus accused GM of putting profits before people and the Trump administration of creating economic conditions that reward companies for moving factory jobs overseas.
"We need to, as a Congress, be addressing public policy issues that keep manufacturing in this country," said U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, a former GM employee who struck a rare note of public anger at her old company.
