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A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars

A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars

Everybody these days has some advice for the beleaguered U.S. auto industry . Bail them out. Break up the unions. Do something about the dealerships. Do something about spiraling health care and pension costs. Design cars people will …

Fire their butts: Auto Execs need to go, Bailout Workers – The …

Fire their butts: Auto Execs need to go, Bailout Workers – The …

Many are in line to take their place: moral, intelligent, globally-responsible long-term planners who know the auto industry . Hire them. Fire the butts of those who have perpetrated years of negligence to get for themselves. …

OpenSecrets | Auto Industry Gives Sparingly to a Skeptical …

OpenSecrets | Auto Industry Gives Sparingly to a Skeptical …

Why, when Wall Street took the fast lane to grab its share of $700 billion in federal bailout funds, does the auto industry seem stuck in neutral? The carmakers’ campaign contributions to Congress suggest one reason: Most lawmakers, …

A Hollywood Republican: Bailing Out the Auto Industry or its Unions?

A Hollywood Republican: Bailing Out the Auto Industry or its Unions?

Do we bailout the Auto Industry . or do we let it go down. I say we do nothing. Let the free market control. If these companies cannot return to profitability on their own, then let them collapse. The only thing that will happen is they …

A Hollywood Republican: Bailing Out the Auto Industry or its Unions?

A Hollywood Republican: Bailing Out the Auto Industry or its Unions?

Do we bailout the Auto Industry . or do we let it go down. I say we do nothing. Let the free market control. If these companies cannot return to profitability on their own, then let them collapse. The only thing that will happen is they …

ICTSD • EU Scrutinises US Auto Industry Bailout Proposals

ICTSD • EU Scrutinises US Auto Industry Bailout Proposals

Two competing US$25 billion packages aimed at bailing out the US auto industry have been under debate in the US Congress this week, but the EU has threatened to take international action if the package that emerges contravenes …

Automakers Need Bankruptcy, Not Bailout | The Heritage Foundation

Automakers Need Bankruptcy, Not Bailout | The Heritage Foundation

The U.S. auto industry is in dire need of a shakeup. All of the Big Three are beset by plummeting sales and market share, high labor costs, aging fleets, and a surfeit of innovative automobiles in the pipeline. …

Paulson Shuns Direct Auto Bailout | BNET

Paulson Shuns Direct Auto Bailout | BNET

On a positive note for the auto industry , Paulson said one of his top priorities now is getting the market going again for asset-backed securities. Asset-backed securities are one of the main ways auto lenders raise money with which to …

Is Outsourcing to Blame for Lack of Jobs?

Is Outsourcing to Blame for Lack of Jobs?

Is Outsourcing to Blame for Lack of Jobs? With the economic downturn, many companies look to send jobs overseas and save lots of money but what impact does that have here at home on the scores of people looking for work. (Nov

Obama to Bail Out Auto Industry

Obama to Bail Out Auto Industry

Although this makes Obama quite popular among automakers and liberal Democrats, many of whom are owned by lobbyists for the auto industry , centrist Democrats have signalled they are not willing to help automakers out until these …

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