Socialism in action

If you voted for Barack Obama and his thugs, this is your responsibility, this is your crime, and I hope for a minute you have the capacity to sit back and consider your actions. Your hope and your change are destroying what was great about this nation. This letter below checks out. George C. Joseph is (soon to be was) the Owner of Sunshine Dodge (page 36 of this PDF document that lists dealership closings). The letter was posted to American Thinker on May 19, 2009. The mess that is being created right now is just the beginning of something larger. You know the idiots in control right now kind of remind me of high school students. For various reasons high school kids seem to think they know everything about the world and just have to say something for it to be true. The problem is reality is what it is and you cannot change that fact. Capitalism is the only truly successful and just form of economic orientation and the more we stray from that the more problems we will have in this society.

We never should have bailed any of these companies out but thugs like Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson encouraged it. Now we have government hands in private business. Chrysler could have declared bankruptcy on its own. Mr. Joseph has run a successful dealership and he could have figured out how to survive. That's how capitalism works. Many people in this country were never taught it and for some reason they think that government is the answer to protect them from the alleged "evil" of capitalism. That protection is working out real well for the families who depended on income from this Dodge dealership, isn't it? It is imperative you wake up and realize that the reason companies like Chrysler are failing is primarily because of an involvement of government and organized labor. Organized labor and the democrats are tied at the hip. Are you now surprised that the UAW owns 55% of a restructured Chrysler? This is not a coincidence. Organized labor has no business having a controlling interest in the companies that they work for.

Letter from a Dodge dealer

- letter to the editor of American Thinker magazine, May 22, 2009 edition

My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.

We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability.

I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life.

On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them.

My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory.

Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.

HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN?

THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

This is beyond imagination! My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. We did NOTHING wrong.

This atrocity will most likely force my family into bankruptcy. This will also cause our 50+ employees to be unemployed. How will they provide for their families? This is a total economic disaster.

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

I beseech your help, and look forward to your reply. Thank you.

Sincerely,

George C. Joseph

President & Owner

Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu