Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General Neal M. Barofsky has found that many of the General Motors and Chrysler dealerships ordered closed by the Obama administration, after last year’s bailouts, were victims of racial, gender and even political bias.
According to Barofsky’s report, 2,000 dealerships were forced to close which cost 100,000 jobs.
However, the businesses allowed to stay open “were retained because they were recently appointed, were key wholesale parts dealers, or were minority-or woman-owned dealerships.”
The report also indicates a political bias may have come into play, due to a disproportionate number of dealership closings in rural areas, even though the closures could "jeopardize the return to profitability" for both GM and Chrysler.
Barofsky states: “ultimately close to half of all of the GM dealerships identified for termination were in rural areas.”
Of course, in 2008, Obama lost the vote in the nation's 1,300 rural counties by close to 80 percent.
Perhaps, most troubling of all was the statement made last week, to American Thinker magazine by Obama’s manufacturing czar, Ron Bloom, that the dealerships could have been kept open, “but that doing so would have been inconsistent with the President's mandate for ‘shared sacrifice.’”
With this report, we witness yet another example of institutional racism by the Obama administration. While we know that Obama is willing to sit by and allow the New Black Panthers to intimidate white voters to stay away from the polls on election day, we now see that he is also willing to take away one’s livelihood, based on the color of their skin.
This may be the most infuriating action as yet, from a president whose popularity has fallen as quickly as it once rose. At a time when 1 in 5 Americans are either out of work or underemployed, to needlessly force 100,000 of them into the ranks of the jobless, is inexcusable. To do so because of race or political beliefs should be an impeachable offense.
As usual, the mainstream press is silent on the matter.
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This is just more proof that we have a racist Chicago thug in the Oval Office.
It isn't the Tea Party that is racist. The Obama Administration is racist!
Great article Dave, and @Bob; the concept that "GM" actually decided which dealerships to close is naive at best. The Obama administration essentially hijacked GM and Chrysler, and along with it, control over most of the central media outlets (owned by GM).
Beautifully written piece, Dave, and one that should raise the anger towards this racist, Communist president and Admin.
Racial bias from the regime of Barry Hussein? Surely you jest..this is the "post racial" president and he'd never do anything to Stick It to white people, would he? On second thought, maybe he did and we deserve it...after all we have it on good authority..none other than Eric "The Red" Holder...that we're a "nation of cowards!" Who cares if those folks living out in the Sticks have to drive an hour to get to a car dealer...they're just a bunch of racist rednecks likely to subscribe to the beliefs of the Tea Party so Screw 'Em!
SO NOW WHAT NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF DESCRIMANATION HES INVOLVED WITH POSSIBLY? NOTHING IS DONE HAS NOT EVEN PROVED HES AN AMERICAN CITIZEN YET??ALL THRU HIS RUN FOR PRESIDENT DENIED BEING MUSLIM?? HOW DOES ANYONE GET MR. UNTOUCHABLE IN AN HONEST COURT AND JUDGE?? IF THERE IS ONE LEFT IN AMERICA SUPREME COURT NO? D.O.J. NO I MEAN HONEST ALL THE WAY DO THEIR JOB RIGHT???
Truly infuriating! Remember, remember, vote the Communists out in November!
You look like a ex-con.
You're reporting something from "American Thinker" as if it were valid? Get a clue.
And as for the ignorant rural hillbilly vote going 80 percent against Obama? Hardly surprising.
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