I think you are missing the point that overbooking mostly largely benefits consumers by keeping the costs down. The no-show rate is actually over 10% due mostly to last minute changes and missed connections. Conversely, the percentage of people who are bumped from flights without volunteering is .0062%. Airlines…

This was a civil settlement and it was done to get the story out of the news ASAP and doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the legality

Sadly, you are correct. I was an intern for my congressman while in college. These letters, phone calls and emails are read and answered by low level staffers or college interns and signed with an auto pen machine without ever passing the eyes of the congressman/senator. I had friends who worked on both sides of the…

I understand not liking Uber. I don’t understand the fixation with the constant smear campaign in the Gawker media group. It’s beyond an obsession.

GM not in financial distress? You can’t be serious. Do you truly have no recollection that the US government intervened to keep GM out of chapter 11? Just to review the facts, after GM was bailed out by the US government, they have invested $5 billion to expand capacity in Mexico and is in the process moving 5k jobs…

Moving assembly into the US “every now and then” is a mischaracterization. Threat of tariffs could have been the original reason for entry but the practice has steadily continued for over 30 years. Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have steadily increased the number of plants and jobs since the 80s. BMW, VW, and Kia have…

This ignores the fact that the “Big 3" which are fully entrenched with the UAW, have been in severe financial distress and actively moving assembly to Mexico. Meanwhile, foreign auto makers with non-union labor (in the US at least) are in much better financial shape and continue to move assembly into the US.

Of course they are going to string him along, so they don’t set a precedent and get every car back in this condition. VW likely doesn’t care about this particular case but they almost certainly care about this being widespread.

I’m just confused why you feel this is a solely a republican issue. The interim plan for the city’s drinking water was conceived by an emergency manager who was a democrat. It was signed off by a democrat mayor, a democrat city council, the head of of EPA who is a democrat (and was appointed by the current democratic…

I am so glad that I have your approval of not being a “terrible person” you arrogant prick. Who the fuck do you think you are?

I think that this is part of the divide between many liberals and conservatives. Most of my liberal friends believe that social issues are the most important issues and assume that they ultimately drive everyone’s vote. Myself and other conservative friends care much more about economic issues.

I think that he meant if the company entered bankruptcy, they would receive protection from their creditors and therefore there would be no payouts or greatly diminished payouts, which would defeat the purpose.

I feel your pain and I certainly don’t blame you for trying to maximize your deal but I think that you are being a little disingenuous. You are going to be trading in your car NOW for what it was supposed to be worth over a year ago. Even without the scandal, your car wouldn’t have been worth $27k today.

So, did you trade the car in right after the scandal broke or do you still have it?