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Bailout Watch 412: Two Wrongs

Robert Farago
by Robert Farago
Published:  February 20th, 2009

Make a right. Apparently. And can someone please remind me when Chrysler, GM and Ford took a stand on outsourcing?


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  • BklynPete BklynPete on Feb 21, 2009
    MBella : February 20th, 2009 at 7:49 pm That’s the problem. Just because the banks got bailed out, now everyone needs to be bailed out. The banks shouldn’t have been bailed out, the Autos shouldn’t be bailed out, and some corn farmer in Iowa shouldn’t be bailed out. Why should anyone get government money in a so-called free market society? You've got it! Two wrongs don't make a right. Of course, when I made the same point to PDL, The Autoextremist, he cursed me out and labeled me a moron. Apparently he's the only one allowed to behave that way. That's why I love the democracy here at TTAC - all of us get our say.
  • CarShark CarShark on Feb 21, 2009
    Now, maybe you think that manufacturing jobs shouldn’t be paid at Union wages. Fine. But in doing that, you’re asking people in Michigan to lower their incomes to Mississippi and Alabama levels, so don’t expect them to be thrilled at the prospect. @BDB: I don't care whether they like it or not. It's reality. Too many people in this state (MI) whine about it rather than doing something. Don't like your job? Get a new one. Don't have the skills? Go to school and get them. Things are going to change in this industry and it won't get stopped by yelling. The mayor's rant is just emblematic of the problem with the pro-bailout arguments. They're rooted in emotion. Fear. Anger. Righteous indignation. The whole gamut.
  • GS650G GS650G on Feb 22, 2009

    I didn't see any solutions from the mayor beyond stripping people who work on wall street of their wealth, apparently to provide free health care for his 84 year old father. Most of us have to squirrel away money for retirement every month, and we have either high cost insurance premiums awaiting us in retirement or crappy medicaid/medicare plans. Now with the bailouts taxes will climb and there will be less to save. But at least someone else's ass will be taken care of at my expense. take a drive through Detroit sometime, do it during the day so you survive, and see how glorious that city is. Check out home prices in Lansing, see how depressed His Honor's city real estate prices are. And notice how a 100K house gets assessed for almost 4 grand in property taxes. Lansing needs a new mayor.
  • GS650G GS650G on Feb 22, 2009
    And can someone please remind me when Chrysler, GM and Ford took a stand on outsourcing? Excellent question.Maybe mayor Virg can ask them why they build Fords in Mexico, Dodge in Canada and GM in Brasil.
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