A Poem for "New" GM

A Poem for the "New" General Motors

Thanks, General Motors, You've done it again ...
Closed down our factory and harmed all my friends
Ruined our economy, and wrecked our fair town
Bonused yourselves and let everyone down

You've come out of bankruptcy, all shiny and "New"
and got rid of the workers who know what to do,
swindled the bondholders, and stockholders too
and thousands of dealers who sold cars for you

and stiffed your suppliers, reneged on your debts
then begged Uncle Sam to cover your bets
on your Hummers, and Saturns, and Pontiac Azteks
and your golden parachutes & your corporate jets

You've blamed your bankruptcy on GM the OLD.
Brand names you swallowed up, gutted then sold
Dealers and workers and investors betrayed
and ruined for the lousy decisions you've made

So now you're the Good Guys, The "New GM"
The same old management, Greedy as Sin
Ungrateful and selfish you saved your own skin,
and expect us buy your products again?

Rick Wagoner, Ed Whitacre, Fritz Hendersen, Bob Lutz
go bonus yourselves the way you bone us.


from a Tool & Die Maker, and crane driver too
a CAD/CAM programmer and a skilled tradesman who
Has worked 30 years carrying out the commands
of men who couldn't shove their finger in their ass with 9 hands