mahablog.com - 11/17/2008
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There appears to be general agreement across the political spectrum that the Big Three automakers are going bankrupt because their CEOs have made many really, really bad choices over the years. Joseph Romm has an article at Salon about this. Here is just a bit:
When I was at the Department ...
news.yahoo.com - 11/14/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - Senate Democrats pressed ahead on Thursday
with plans to vote next week on a $25...
billion emergency loan plan for U.S. carmakers as the auto industry and business groups readied a lobbying onslaught to overcome GOP opposition.
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Democrats hunt for support for auto bailout
(AP)
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/14/2008
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
Freddie wants me to talk about the human
costs of not having the auto bailout. That's easy: ...
they're terrible. Lots of people will lose their jobs. Those that don't will have their expectations for an upper-middle class life ...
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Right to work
usatoday.com - 11/17/2008
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usatoday.com —
"Just giving them $25 billion doesn't change anything,"
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Senate's second-ranking Republican,...
said on Fox News Sunday . "It just puts off for six months or so the day of reckoning." Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the senior ...
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Republicans blast auto bailout plan
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