Bailout takeovers are not good change

First President Obama assures us that spending money that our children will have to pay back is absolutely needed to save the U.S. automakers, and therefore our economy.

With one party in control, and plenty of pork attached to the bill, he easily gets his way. The unions (space is limited, so I won't go into the significance of that here) who strongly supported his campaign all breathed a sigh of relief and applauded the move.

With the bailout money spent, Chrysler files for bankruptcy anyway, with the President blaming the investors for it. Obama, who knows nothing about manufacturing, or who has little to no experience in the private sector, now wants to assume control of the company to turn it around!

Medicare is a joke. Social Security will fail under its current form. The deficit we've run up in the First 100 Days has dwarfed all prior debt. What makes anyone think that our government or this President can run any service or business effectively?

Simply put, Obama is being allowed to take money from those who (or will) legitimately earn it, and use it to wrestle away control of private sector companies.

This is no longer the America where people will invest with an expectation of a return or where innovative and hard working people have any incentive to produce ... this is NOT the change I believe in!

Keith Gray

Mettawa