"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
05/28/2020 at 19:15 • Filed to: old man yells at cloud
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"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
05/28/2020 at 19:15 • Filed to: old man yells at cloud | 5
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Your rant about Tracy’s dangerous stunt sent me to the FP (I know I shouldn’t have done it), where I saw !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! by Westbrook.
In case you can’t be bothered, he tells how FCA gave $12M too much in unemployment benefits to workers and now wants it repaid. Then he goes on the predictable rant and skewers the company about how evil that is, and any decent corporation would let the workers keep the money. His rationale is that it’s just couch cushion money for a big company like FCA.
Westbrook is himself now getting skewered in the comments by people who have an inkling about how contracts work. I can’t work up any sympathy for him, because even a non-journalist blogger should at least research a little into a news item before passing personal judgement with an affectation of outraged moral superiority.
When I won the settlement from the suit over the accident that paralyzed me, I was about Westbrook’s age. I remember a couple months after the money was in my bank that my lawyer sent me a letter saying they had accidentally sent me too much, and asking me to payback what I owed (to the tune of about $30k). I seethed just like Justin for a few minutes (that’s a lot of money), and then remembered that I had signed a contract that had enabled this guy to get me a bunch of money that secured my medical expenses pretty much for life. Then I wrote out a check and mailed it.
Contracts protect everyone involved.
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CB
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 19:19 |
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Man who makes poor automotive decisions also has hot takes on big business, more news at 11.
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Chariotoflove
> CB
05/28/2020 at 19:21 |
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Your version is far more economical.
lone_liberal
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 19:30 |
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On the other hand,
Even a pinko commie like me can’t get worked up about a company wanting an overpayment back.
InFierority Complex
> CB
05/28/2020 at 19:33 |
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I think you’re confusing Justin Westbrook and David Tracy?
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CB
> InFierority Complex
05/28/2020 at 19:34 |
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Westbrook left Oppo for Jalopnik. The worst choice you could make!
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Chariotoflove
> lone_liberal
05/28/2020 at 19:35 |
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That’s because you’re an adult pinko commie who understands how things work.
Love that quote from the movie. It illustrates how unions came up to protect workers from being taken advantage of through what the Supreme Court had previously called “freedom of contract”.
It’s worth noting that the UAW apparently i sn’t crying foul on the repayment.
Nom De Plume
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 19:46 |
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Some companies have intentionally overpaid out of work employees. W ith the understanding this money was advanced wages until a time came when ability to work was again possible.
This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 19:52 |
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jimz
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 19:59 |
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yeah, that’s how things work. pretty much everything has clauses about “double-dipping.” Guarantee your car insurance does. if they pay you for a claim, and then you sue the other party and get a settlement/judgement, they want their money back. you can’t be made “whole” more than once.
would it have been nice for FCA to let it drop? Sure. but as this whole thing shows, everyone lives hand-to-mouth (especially companies using just-in-time manufacturing.) That $3 bn in operating profit FCA made last year has long been eaten up by product development, and like most of the other car companies their next quarterly report is going to be ugly with a capital “ug.”
not for canada - australian in disguise
> InFierority Complex
05/28/2020 at 19:59 |
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I mean, Westbrook is the one who bought a Powershift Focus.
That’s not much better than a 40 year old Jeep that leaks more oil than the BP Horizon.
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Chariotoflove
> Nom De Plume
05/28/2020 at 20:05 |
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And that’s perfectly fine, as long as it’s by agreement and part of the contract.
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Chariotoflove
> jimz
05/28/2020 at 20:08 |
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Health insurance companies too. They routinely send me forms asking if I cou ld recoup any of my claimed health expenses from other sources.
MM54
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 20:22 |
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Breaking news:
So-called-journalist who knows nothing of how the world or businesses work upset over nothing-special; also,
sky blue,
water wet
WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 20:34 |
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So, let me get this straight. He’s mad because FCA isn’t letting its employees keep money that they were inadvertently overpaid for not working?
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
05/28/2020 at 21:19 |
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Yup, because corporations are charities.
Many of the workers already just sent back a check for the full $500.
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WilliamsSW
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 21:51 |
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If there was a legitimate angle for the workers to keep the money, the UAW would be on it. Probably even an illegitimate angle, really.
gettingoldercarguy
> Chariotoflove
05/28/2020 at 22:00 |
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Shit, being paralyzed at 12 is really bad. Sorry man.
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Chariotoflove
> gettingoldercarguy
05/28/2020 at 23:26 |
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Lol. That one got me! Nice!
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Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
05/28/2020 at 23:27 |
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Right?
user314
> This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
05/29/2020 at 10:06 |
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