Friday, September 17, 2010

Obama 1, Caterpillar 0 (or something like that)

Last year, as Obama was making a tour of the country to get support for the Stimulus, he visited Caterpillar's headquarters.

Wingnuts made a big kerfuffle of anti-stimulus comments from employees and the CEO.

Example via ABC: D'oh! Caterpillar CEO Contradicts President on Whether Stimulus Will Allow Him to Re-Hire Laid Off Workers

And they were right - the results of the Stimulus have been outrageous: Caterpillar dealer sales rise, aided by N America
The company, the world's largest maker of earth-moving equipment, said dealer sales of its iconic yellow construction and mining machines rose 37 percent in the three months through the end of August, up from 32 percent in the three months ended in July and 22 percent in the period ended in June.