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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:43 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should The U.S. Bail Out The Big Three Automakers? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Without An American Autmobile Industry There Will Be No UAW |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. they will just outsource more jobs after their bailout! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. No! No more corporate welfare, from their ashes may come something better |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What's Going To Happen To All The People Who Lose Their Jobs And Health Care |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. the same thats been happening to the rest of us for the past 8 years |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
62. So the ongoing corporate welfare to Wall Street is fine, but a bailout for Detroit goes too far? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. who said that? There should be NO Bailout until after inauguration |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. Read a newspaper. The bailout has been ongoing for weeks now. $120,000,000,000 to AIG alone. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, we must |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The American Auto Industry Has Two Problem |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Before a dime is given out, strip the execs of everything they've stolen |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, on the precondition that they make more dedicated efforts to obtain better fuel efficiency. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Electric baby! ELECTRIC CARS |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. JOBS, folks!! We're going to save the banks, but not the auto makers?! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I didnt hear the auto industry complain when IT jobs were outsourced! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Your logic is faulty. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. thats your opinion Texas' I am not blaming anybody its bad mngt. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
67. You probably CHEERED the Wall Street bailout. nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. We Gave 700 Billion To The Banks |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Only JOBS will save us. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I agree 100%, we need bridges not GM, saving GM does nothing IMO |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. We gave $120,000,000,000 to AIG ALONE!!! nt |
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DrewSG3 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. They certainly should. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bail out? How about BUY OUT? We nationalize it and have a US auto industry. |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Think of all those jobs in Mexico that will be lost if we don't! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Your point is SPOT on for me, Thank You! |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. The US auto companies employ 3.1 million jobs in US |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I know it would have an effect, no doubt at all. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Nobody? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. You make a valid point. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. The government does have the upper hand |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. You must not live close to a factory. What an ignorant remark. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. probally not for long, havent you seen the trend? |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
87. Irony is wasted on some, I guess. |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. We have to bail them out.... |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. No we dont have to bail them out. Reward bad business practices? |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. what's the alternative? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I dont think it would be all 3. Do you want to bail out every failed business |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I would like the US to regain its economic and technological leadership |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. thats been gone for 20 years now. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
68. That's why we need a plan to restore them |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Total agreement on this. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. Only if we nationalize them. Their leadership cannot be trusted. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Agreed. (nt) |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. You mean Honda, Toyota,... |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. If GM/Ford fails on our watch we may lose Mich/Ohio for a generation |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Who cares about the ruination of 2 or 3 states,plenty |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. well the country has been hemorageing jobs from all states |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. How about this: Instead of bailing out the "Big 3" losers, |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
77. Sounds good to me. |
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foxer (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Break them up, sell to emplyee's,and give government contracts |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, but demand the refitting for more elastic production so they don't get caught again. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. They should have thought of this first. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. Only if they offer big incentives. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. We've been bailing these morons out my whole life. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. I hope all those no votes were also against the Wall Street bailout |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. well thats a big DUH! |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Did you support the bailout of Wall Street? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
75. In my best Senator Stevens, NO! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
72. Ummm, the Federal Government has subsidized tobacco for the last 70 years. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I dont know where you got Anti Labor, Anti Mngt 100% |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. I say yes |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Do you really think there will be conditions placed on them? |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. There should be conditions. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. OK I understand. |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. Tesla Motors |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. Why not nationalize them, if the only real issue is keeping the |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes with strings attached |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. I can't believe how many people voted "no", |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. There are better, more direct ways for the government to create jobs |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
80. So we should prop up these companies |
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carnie_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. Qualified no |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. Sure..if they become nationalized... |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why bail out the auto industry when people can't afford cars? |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. You just can't look the other way and let this industry go away |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. We should "lend" UAW the money to buy GM and/or Ford. Then the workers would own the companies |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'd support nationalizing the big three automakers. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Statistically, a large number of the "no" votes must've supported the Wall Street bailouts. |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. I didn't. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
82. I dont know anybody who supported Bush raiding the treasury |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Nancy Pelosi, Barney Franks, Harry Reid, BARACK OBAMA, et al. supported it. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. I dislike your choice of words. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
70. Nope. |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
76. No more capitalism on the way up and socialism on the way down... |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
81. I voted no, at least not yet |
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wakeoftheflood (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
83. All or nothing? |
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Sunnyshine (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
84. Yes, if the package includes incentives for using American made steel/parts/manufacturing and |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
85. I voted "no" because I believe any automaker in this much trouble should formally declare bankruptcy |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
86. No really isn't an option |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
90. I have a (I guess) dumb question. If General Motors goes bust |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
91. Here's the problem: on the one hand I don't think we should, because the problem is all their fault |
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