Bailout Watch 154: Pelosi Set to React to GM/Ford Bloodbath With $25b Band-Aid
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has met with the heads of Ford, GM, Chrysler and the U.A.W. While the meeting was closed to the press (way to go government openness), what’s the bet the words “how much?” escaped her plumpness-assisted lips? The Detroit News reports that Pelosi emerged from the confab with her political PR prepared for battle: “‘We may need to make a statement of confidence in our auto industry,’ Pelosi told NPR this afternoon. ‘We’re not saving those companies, we’re saving an industry. We’re saving an industrial technological and manufacturing base… It’s about jobs in America.'” More interestingly, “Congressional leaders are likely to put out a statement on Friday — the same day that General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. are expected to announce heavy third-quarter losses.” So here’s how it goes down: Ford and GM announce catastrophic losses and third-degree cash burn, the stock market freaks (for the few remaining hours before the weeked) and Pelosi and Co. ride to the rescue with a fast-tracked bailout plan, which may or may not be pegged at $25b (for starters). Then it’s a race to the trough, as Cerberus hopes and prays no one notices that it’s using your money to cover their ass.
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"We’re saving an industrial technological and manufacturing base" Yeah -- pushrod V8s forever!
blindfaith, So do you call the transplant factory workers in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Indiana "Asian poor" as well? Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Subaru are building a big chunk of their US sold vehicles HERE. So don't feed me the rubbish about unfair competition. The Big 2.1 are going out of business because of decades of moronic management decisions and greedy unions who think that an assembly line workers should NEVER be fired, should have their retirement funded by the company, and that UAW workers should be earning more than say UC Berkeley's fresh graduate with a degree in civil engineering. And by the way, Japanese market has been open to foreign competitors for more than a decade. However, the American car companies will never succeed there even if they try. How can they succeed in selling cars to Japanese, some of the most misunderstood and quirkiest consumers of the world, if the Big 2.1 still has not figured out how to build cars Americans want to buy?
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