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GM and Ford Won't Pledge to Buy American
American Politics Journal RSS Feed — December 5, 2008 Washington, DC ( Scoop Internet News ) The CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler were in the Capitol Thursday asking for $34 billion dollars to stay in business for the next few months. The three companies are now at the top of the corporate "dead pool," with a bankruptcy for GM possible by the end of the year. They appeared before the Senate Committee o Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senator Sherrod Brown (D, OH) provided one of the most telling moments when he asked the three chiefs to commit to continued purchasing from United States automotive suppliers at the same or increased levels in return for federal bailout funds. Suppliers for GM, Ford and ...

Progressive Breakfast: 533K Jobs Lost In Nov.
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... over 500K would be "horrific." That only adds to the urgency for a major job-creating economic recovery plan to avert an even deeper recession or depression. Losing another million jobs by letting the auto industry collapse would be going in decidedly the wrong direction. Auto Rescue: Media Stresses "Skepticism," Leaves Out Facts Congressional "skepticism" is the buzzword in several media reports of the latest round of testimony from the Big 3 Automakers. Many quote economist Mark Zandi's ...

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