thenewamerican.com - 11/18/2008
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The pleading for a financial bailout of the U.S. auto industry is becoming more widespread and insistent. Governors from Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Delaware, New York, and South Dakota have added their voices to those of auto executives urging U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal ...
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
frum.nationalreview.com - 11/13/2008
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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... . . .
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No to the Auto Bailout
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 11/14/2008
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
There seems to be a growing consensus in
Washington that the federal government needs to bail out...
America’s auto industry. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), in a letter sent ...
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If It Happens, The Auto Industry Bailout Needs To Be ...
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Conservative Politicians Misleadingly Blame Labor Unions For Detroit’s Woes
Think Progress —
... Sen. Jim DeMint: “Some auto manufacturers are struggling because of a bad business structure with high unionized labor costs and burdensome federal regulations. Taxpayers did not create these problems and they should not be forced to pay for them.” ...
About Those Auto Worker Wages...
Daily Kos —
... Sen. Jim DeMint: "Some auto manufacturers are struggling because of a bad business structure with high unionized labor costs and burdensome federal regulations. Taxpayers did not create these problems and they should not be forced to pay for them." ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 12/4/2008 —
The United Auto Workers announced the union would make major concessions in its contract with US automakers in order to help the Big Three lobby Congress for bailout money. "The surprising move by the U.A.W. could be a critical factor in the ...
No Auto Bailout For You
eschatonblog.com 11/14/2008 — 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.
An all-American auto industry bailout?
msnbc.msn.com 12/10/2008 — 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.
Auto bailout debate: What's at stake - Nov. 17, 2008
money.cnn.com 11/17/2008 — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- For more than a century, the U.S. auto industry has been at the center of the American industrial economy. Events over the next month could determine if that remains the case. This week, Congress will consider whether to ...
The Auto Bailout
qando.net 12/5/2008 — T he UAW is finally stepping up to the table and announcing its willingness to make concessions to help the Big 3 automakers avoid bankruptcy. Of course it is predicated on the government extending them loans. At a news conference in Detroit, the ...
House Republican Strategy on Auto Bailout Bill
openleft.com 12/10/2008 — The Republican House membership might try a vicious strategy to stop the auto bailout bill. Typically, bills go through the rules committee in the House, which controls floor time and which amendments are allowed to be proposed and voted on. ...
Breaking: Auto Bailout Dies In Senate
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/12/2008 — The word is-- The auto bailout is Dead as a Doornail . UPDATE-- It's official. The bailout is dead . The unions would not budge: The collapse came after bipartisan talks on the auto rescue broke down over GOP demands that the United Auto Workers ...
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