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Should the Senate Call on Itself to Testify in GM’s Ignition Switch Problem?

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Mike Micklewright
Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:38
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Well, phew… I’m relieved. We have someone to blame. At least GM will be able to fire the engineer who allegedly lied under oath about a 2006 design change to fix the faulty switches on the Chevy Cobalts. Now we can all get on with our lives, right? And feel comfortable that the problem will never happen again because the problem was fired.

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Well, most everyone can feel comfortable, except, of course, family members and friends of the victims.

Here’s how Reuters summarized it in an April 2, 2014, article:
“In a 2013 deposition related to a suit against GM, Ray DeGiorgio, a senior switch engineer, said he was unaware of a change in the part. Documents submitted by GM to Congress show the engineer signed off in April 2006 on the redesign of the ignition switch.

“‘He lied’ about his knowledge of the defective part, said [Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance Chairwoman] Claire McCaskill.

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Submitted by dmcgan (not verified) on Tue, 04/15/2014 - 17:22

Taking Responsibility

Mike, you end your article with the sentence, "As an owner, the government will also need to take responsibility."  Do you really expect that a government who has refused to take responsibility for anything during the last 5 years will do so in this case?

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