Failure of auto industry could set off catastrophe - Yahoo! Finance

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finance.yahoo.com - 11/13/2008

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DETROIT (AP) -- Advocates for the nation's automakers are warning that the collapse of the Big Three -- or even just General Motors -- could set off a catastrophic chain reaction in the economy, eliminating up to 3 million jobs and depriving governments of more than $150 billion in tax revenue. ...

politico.com - 11/12/2008

Obama wants auto industry reformer

— politico.com — President-elect Obama wants a point-person to oversee reforms in the ailing auto industry. See also: Perino says... No Colombia quid pro quo (more) Obama wants auto industry reformer

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outsidethebeltway.com - 11/10/2008

Bailing Out the Auto Industry

— outsidethebeltway.com — No matter what your politics are, left or right, I think we can all agree that bailing... out the U.S. auto industry is a bad idea. As Conor Friedersdorf notes When an auto firm makes a product inferior to its competitors, signs labor contracts it ... (more) Bailing Out the Auto Industry

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This all sounds vaguely familiar
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AP's Auto Bailout Coverage Nearly Ignores Excessive Labor Costs, Omits UAW's Concessions Refusal
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Here is how the AP's report began, followed by selected other paragraphs, including the one (of over 30) that mentioned labor costs (bolds after headline are mine): ...

Bailout Bullshit
Daily Pundit — Failure of auto industry could set off catastrophe - Yahoo! Finance DETROIT (AP) — Advocates for the nation’s automakers are warning that the collapse of the Big Three — or even just General Motors — could set off a catastrophic chain reaction in the economy, eliminating up to 3 million jobs and depriving governments of more than $150 billion in tax revenue. Industry supporters are offering such grim predictions as Congress weighs whether to bail out the nation’s largest automakers, which are struggling to survive the ...