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maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com - 11/13/2008
McArdle on the proposed auto bailout
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One quote from her piece: Bailing out the auto industry offers no net gain to society. It is a straight transfer of resources from one sector to another: we tax money, or borrow it from a finite pool of capital available to the nation, and spend it on auto workers. The people who ...
frum.nationalreview.com - 11/13/2008
No to the Auto Bailout
— frum.nationalreview.com — Don't bail out the automakers, I urge on "Marketplace" today: Time was when General Motors alone ranked... among the largest employers in the United Stat... . . . (more) No to the Auto Bailout

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eschatonblog.com - 11/14/2008
No Auto Bailout For You
— eschatonblog.com — Dodd sez it isn't going to happen in this Congress for the auto makers. While I have... mixed feelings about such a thing generally, it's pretty interesting that we're propping up the fake economy and letting the real economy whither. (more) No Auto Bailout For You

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Stimulus, Auto Bailout May Be Delayed
online.wsj.com - 11/14/2008
Stimulus, Auto Bailout May Be Delayed
— online.wsj.com — Democrats are scaling back plans for a stimulus package, and a deadlock over the Detroit bailout may... push action off until January. (more) Stimulus, Auto Bailout May Be Delayed
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Viking Pundit — Save the Chevy Cobalt – Maggie's Farm writes on the proposed auto industry bailout: " It's been as clear as day to everyone for years that the once-Big Three are lousy companies with lousy businesses, products that don't sell, and that nobody wants to invest in anymore - except politicians ." The government bailout of the financial system is the slippery slope upon we're now sliding. Update – ...

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