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Hit me, Congress, One More Time:  Bailing Out the Auto Industry (Guest Voice)
Hit me, Congress, One More Time: Bailing Out the Auto Industry (Guest Voice)
To bailout the big three automakers or not to bailout the big three automakers? In this Guest Voice post journalism professor and author Walter Brasch says as distasteful as it seems, it needs to be done. Hit me, Congress, One More Time: Bailing Out the Auto Industry by Walter Brasch  ...
The Other American Auto Industry
The Other American Auto Industry
weeklystandard.com — Plenty of car makers make a go of it in this country--they're just non-union and not headquartered in Detroit. by Fred Barnes 12/22/2008, Volume 014, Issue 14 (more) The Other American Auto Industry
Bailing Out Detroit
motherjones.com — BAILING OUT DETROIT.... David Leonhardt uses this graphic in the New York Times today to illustrate the labor costs of the Big Three auto makers vs. the Japanese companies who manufacture cars in nonunion plants. As he says, the $70+ per hour ... (more) Bailing Out Detroit
An all-American auto industry bailout?
An all-American auto industry bailout?
msnbc.msn.com — With Congress considering lending $15 billion in taxpayer money to the Big Three, some in Congress are worried the automakers will spend part of it overseas. (more) An all-American auto industry bailout?
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