Dem leaders want Bush to help auto industry »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 8 months ago in Political NewsDemocratic leaders in Congress asked the Bush administration on Saturday to provide more aid to the struggling auto industry, which is bleeding cash and jobs as sales have dropped to their lowest level in a quarter-century.
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Dionys7 months, 4 weeks ago
How is this not socialism? The government steps in every time the Automakers are about to fail and provide them with money to pay their workers and 're-tool' to make gas-guzzling monsters that break down within a year.
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The Dems are wrong on this. As much sympathy as I have for the auto industry workers, bailout money will most likely go to CEOs for their retirement packages and greedy retired workers who want more than they're entitled to.
The auto companies have either failed or almost failed something like six times in my lifetime. Obviously their business model is *wrong* in some fundamental ways.
It's time to let them collapse, go bankrupt, fall into ashes so that some bright phoenix can arise and find a new direction for the transportation industry in America.
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Endoscopy7 months, 4 weeks ago
Try again nikki.
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The Carter created CRA for housing loans to minorities was put on steroids after the Obama trained ACORN lobbied to congress starting in 1990 and had the legislation passed in 1992 to put CRA on steroids and some other banking regulations changes. Then came the housing bubble that the Republicans tried in 2003 through 2006 tried to fix for Fannie and Freddy. The housing popped in 2006 and the paper that was backed by mortgages was devalued by the dropping current housing prices. Money gone from the financial institutions. Jobs lost and others threatened. Democrats refused to allow the fixes to be put in place before the house of cards collapsed.
With $4 gass the Democrats still have the same energy policy. It is more important to protect the environment from drilling, building refineries, and nuclear power plants. Other places in the world are doing those things without that much impact to the environment but Americans are too stupid to know how to do that according to Democrats.
You are so biased in your viewpoint especially since you have no concept of what goes on here.
Democrats created this mess and then blame it on the Republicans.
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AbuAmirah7 months, 4 weeks ago
Your avatar sucks ass. As for unions, hell yes go unions. Its not their fault that GM got involved in businesses that wasn't their core. Furthermore, its not the union's fault that GM made cars that no one wanted to buy. Toyota and Honda make cars that 1) people want to buy and 2) their durable and 3) they get damn good gas mileage. F_ck the auto industry. They should not be supported for a bad business model.
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nostalgia7 months, 4 weeks ago
Their legacy costs are through the roof
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Did you read the article??
"Automakers already want an additional $50 billion in loans from Congress to help them survive tough economic conditions and pay for health care obligations for retirees"
Time to let the auto companies file for bankrupcy and reorganize
Maybe then they will get effective new leadership
Business as usual with the car companies is only doomed to fail
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truthiness7 months, 4 weeks ago
here's a thought, maybe the oil industry should bail out the auto industry, since they made the profits possible.
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AbuAmirah7 months, 4 weeks ago
Okay, here's thought. Let Toyota buy GM and then break it up and then let Honda buy Ford and do the same. There's your bail out right there
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