The last paragraph

One always must read the last paragraph of a news story. Thererin lies the pain. GM claims to have reached profitability. In the last paragraph of a flag waving article about its success after government takeover and restructuring, I read that GM will spend $200 million this quarter to give its 45,000 U.S. union employees average profit-sharing payments of $4,200. These payouts are part of GM’s contract with the United Auto Workers union. These checks are a RECORD annual amount. Oh, Oh, Oh, what the big ‘O’ has wrought. Also, 1/3 of corn grown this year will feed ethanol not PEOPLE. Sometimes the price of success if death. Like with Dietrich Bonhoeffer who paid the ultimate price of his conscience, somewhere there’s a lesson here to be learned.