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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:47 AM Original message |
Tip to Ford & GM: your problems aren't with healthcare costs... |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. The national thrend, in word and deed... |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 07:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Privatize the Profits -- Socialize The Liabilities |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That's the business model of the insurance industry |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Good point. |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. It is |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. the healthcare argument can be stood on its head |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 03:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. When the oil companies permanently double the price for fuel, cars |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Riight, the auto industry isn't making |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You mean like the Toyota Prius. |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. OK, but again, |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ford spends more on health care |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 03:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "They make what people want to buy".......oh that old excuse. |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Perhaps that's true |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's already changed. SUV sales are slow. They are offering all kinds |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. If that's the case, I'm glad |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Big Dic |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Well, |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Toyota and Honda aren't paying those huge CEO and executive |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. I agree that CEOs make too much money |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. "They make what people buy" |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good argument for national health care |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. Defense of GM - from howtobuyamerican.com |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. Well....why isn't GM lobbying for Universal Health Care then? |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Universal Health Coverage wouldn't be free... |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It shifts the burden |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. We spend more on health care per capita |
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Rapier2 (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. notes |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Have you been on a sales lot lately? |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Ford HAS a Hybrid Explorer |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Ford has to license the hybrid tech from Toyota... also: Healthcare point |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Re: health care |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 11:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Also, Re: Ford's hybrid tech |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. So, given this theory, are you saying that GM/Ford WANT to go bankrupt? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Of course. That's the only thing that will get them |
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Rapier2 (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. notes |
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BoogDoc7 (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Something... |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Toyota workers in America... |
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Rapier2 (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. notes |
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Rapier2 (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. BINGO |
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Unborn (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ford and GM's problems are exactly the same as ours |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. This is what I have heard |
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German-Lefty (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 05:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. So why buy American? |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. We still have to buy American because |
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German-Lefty (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. We buy your debt. |
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benevolent dictator (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Buying our debt |
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Unborn (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. ok - whatcha gonna buy? |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Thank your car companies for subsidizing exports |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
48. A dead fish rots in the head first.... |
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