freep.com - 11/13/2008
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The Detroit City Council passed a resolution today calling for a $10-billion bailout for the city of Detroit. Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson sponsored the resolution to use the money for public service employment, to fund mass transit plans and to place a moratorium on home foreclosures ...
tnr.com - 11/15/2008
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tnr.com —
General Motors has come to Washington, begging for
a $25 billion bailout to keep it and its
ailing Detroit counterparts going next year. But nobody seems too thrilled about the prospect. Liberals dwell on the companies' gas-guzzling sport-utility ...
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Panic in Detroit
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/17/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Andrew Sullivan points to an article by Jonathan
Cohn in the current TNR arguing for the proposed
automotive bailout. The core of Cohn's argument is that the Big 3 are turning around, and that the bailout will give them time to complete their ...
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Detroit: Same Old, Same Old
salon.com - 11/13/2008
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salon.com —
Nov. 12, 2008 | Why bail out the
car companies when they bailed out on us? General
Motors and Ford burned through a stunning $14.6 billion in cash last quarter. G.M.'s stock has sunk so low that you could buy the entire company for $2 billion. ...
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Detroit Climbs Aboard the Bailout Gravy Train
Moonbattery —
Detroit is a Petri dish, in which mad scientists have allowed the loathsome bacterium that is liberalism to flourish without restraint. As a result of this misguided experiment, the former capital of industry has been reduced to a Third-World hellhole. The most liberal city in America has bankrupted itself, and now has its hand out:
The Detroit City Council passed a resolution today calling for a $10-billion bailout for the city of Detroit.
Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson sponsored the resolution to use ...
Detroit Climbs Aboard the Bailout Gravy Train
Stop The ACLU —
... has bankrupted itself, and now has its hand out : The Detroit City Council passed a resolution today calling for a $10-billion bailout for the city of Detroit. Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson sponsored the resolution to use the money for public service employment, to fund mass transit plans and to place a moratorium on home foreclosures for two years. $10 billion: for make-work jobs, mass transit boondoggles, and to help parasites live beyond their means. When that has been flushed down the toilet, New Mogadishu will demand $10 billion more. Socialism was imposed on ...
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