If we bail out the auto industry, there *must* be strings attached

[Lex]

such as much, much more fuel efficiency, more hybrids, and ditch the gigantic stupid gas guzzlers for starters . . .

[DS1]

1. And eliminate executive bonuses, and slash their salaries by 90%

get people in there who want to be there

[Lex]

2. yes, and if we bail them out, we get paid back plus interest

nt

[sam sarrha]

3. such as ..'any patented fuel extending device/carburetor/etc not in active development in 6 months

becomes public domain...':bounce:

[But....]

4. Ooooohh....

I likey!:toast:

[ogneopasno]

5. Guarantees that any new job created will not be outsourced. I don't want to go through this again

in another 20 years.

[Turbineguy]

6. Only foreign car makers should be allowed

to make what Americans want to buy.

[INdemo]

7. We have to bail out the auto industry ..there

are 2.4 millions jobs at stake,when all the parts suppliers are considered...But where does it stop. Will we also have to loan foreign auto makers who have plants in the U.S? There will be legislators that will ask this question where those auto makers are located...
And yes ..there must be guide lines and they should require that CEO's and other exec's be replaced.
If the Gov't laons GM the money I think we can expect the UAW (especially retiree's) to take a hit.Their health care and pensions will
be decreased pretty substantial..just a guess.....

[Lex]

8. I will be interested to see what strings are attached

when it is all said and done.

[INdemo]

11. I saw this coming...

Republicans are coming out of the woodwork saying that if we bail out the auto industry than the UAW contracts should be voided..Now this is just the beginning and we will be hearing this tune for the next few days or even weeks.....But it seems strange that nothing was said or there were no guide lines set to keep CEO's and top execs from receiving astronomical benefit packages if they left those corporate banks that received or will receive part of that trillion dollar hand out...Bush is still President and if he sees an opportunity to disband the UAW and other unions he will take it...
My job is indirectly affected by the auto industry and I firmly believe that if an announcement was made that the auto industry would receive aid for retooling than this economy could start to turn around immediately... However I dont see anything concrete happening until after Jan 20th..Why ..because Repukes will still be Repukes and the union issue will be their argument..

[raccoon]

9. Get rid of the management who had their heads up their arses in the 1970's,

and again in the zero's (current decade). They are responsible for the mess the US auto industry is in.

[Lex]

10. Yeah, even average-me was perplexed at their insistence on cranking out TOO BIG

gas guzzler behemoths in the last few years, with no interest in filling obvious American demand for hybrids and the like.

That oil is a finite product, and foreign oil a risk, how stupid were they?

They ran their businesses into the ground with bad decision making.