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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 03:57 PM Original message |
"Too Big To Fail" = "Too Big To Exist." Here's how to bail out GM the right way: |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Shades of Rockefeller's Standard Oil |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. How would this work for folks like me with "preferred stock" which is paying me |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. It sounds like a plan to break up a monopoly, not a plan to help a major employer |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. they stopped being a major employer when they took jobs across the border |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. How independent could Buick, GMC, Chevrolet, Saturn, Cadillac (and Pontiac) be? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's not quite true ... but almost. The form factors are standardized but ... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. GM reorganized internally in the 80s to prevent just such an action. |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Pab, your plan sound like a good starting point. |
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