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From: Scott Bergeson
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: FW: Your Neighbor Desperately needs your help!
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Your Neighbor Desperately Needs Your Help!
President Obama and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
Friends,
This is an urgent request for you to make four phone calls that may rescue
your neighbor and save thousands of jobs today. We need your help this very
hour. Here is the story.
Back in February the Obama Administration took over the US auto industry by
trading tax dollars for government control. Chrysler and GM took the deal. The
President forced the CEO of GM to resign. Now the Obama Auto Task Force is
trying to close 789 independently owned Chrysler dealerships. This will result
in the totally unnecessary loss of thousands of jobs across the country.
Here are the facts:
1.. Chrysler dealers are independent companies. They pay for everything
they get from the manufacturer. They are the primary way Chrysler sells
products. They are an asset not a liability to the company.
2.. In bankruptcy court Chrysler is trying to break their contracts with
789 dealers across the county for no apparent logical reason. We have searched
for legitimate justification for this action and can find none.
3.. Chrysler has given these 789 locally owned companies no recourse, no
appeals, no financial considerations and will push many into personal and
corporate bankruptcy again for no good reason.
4.. Chrysler action breaks state franchise laws in at least one state Ohio
where 47 dealers are being immediately terminated.
Why is the Obama Administration via Treasury and the Auto Task Force throwing
thousands of Americans out of work? What have these mechanics, sales people and
office administrators done wrong? They are no burden to Chrysler; in fact they
are profit centers for the manufacturer. They are being thrown out of work
because the PresidentTs Auto Task Force is an assembly of non-elected
bureaucrats who have no clue on how to run the auto business. They are
permitting Chrysler to break contracts and laws and destroy the livelihoods of
innocent people. In the process Chrysler is destroying its ability to service
customers and honor warranties devaluing each Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicle
on the road today. This horrid injustice will so damage Chrysler that the new
company emerging from bankruptcy will be doomed to struggle, costing thousand
more manufacturing jobs across the nation.
This is exactly what happens when government attempts to take over and run
private industry. Things get delegated and truly mucked up. Good people get
steamrolled because government bureaucracies are picking winners and losers.
You can help right this injustice with four phone calls. Here is how:
THE RED NUMBERS ARE FREE NUMBERS, SO IT WILL COST YOU NOTHING TO HELP.
1.. Today, right this minute, please pick up your cell phone or hard line
and call the White House public comment line at 1-800-833-6354. Tell them you
want the President to stop the closing of 789 Chrysler dealerships.
2.. Call the Congressional Switchboard at 1-877-762-8762 1-800-862-5530
and have them connect you to your House Representative. Tell them you want
Congress to immediately stop the closing of 789 Chrysler dealerships.
3.. Repeat step #2 over again and ask for your US SenatorTs office. You
have two Senators. Leave the same message with each one of them.
4.. Send this email alert to everyone you know.
What about GM dealerships? Weâ?Tll cross that bridge in a few more weeks. For
right now the President and Congress must understand that we the people will
not stand by and let non-elected bureaucrats and judges shut down honest,
law-abiding American businesses who have done nothing wrong.
What about reforming the auto industry? Obviously that is already happening.
The free market principle of honoring contract law cannot be thrown away in the
name of 'reform'. If we surrender to such injustice today what will the
government do in the name of 'reform' tomorrow? If Chrysler wants to cut
dealers there is a legal and fair way to do so. Using federal bankruptcy court
as a cover to break the law is just plain wrong.
When the government picks winners and losers we all lose.
David Zanotti
President/CEO
The American Policy Roundtable
P.S. Please make these urgent phone calls today. You will be helping
thousands of honest people keep their jobs. Your neighbors desperately need
your help!
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