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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:52 PM Original message |
GM to add 60,000 vehicles to its production, re-hire 1,350 employees |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. So that trickle up shit really works huh? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's great news, though I wish the jobs were all in the US |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. "I don't understand why our stimulus money is used to re-hire Canadians." |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Nonsense. That's simple to say, hard to cite any authority for... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I actually do wish it only applied to American cars |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Good point. WTO prohibits subsidies of domestic products at the expense of imported ones. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Citing the rule is not the same thing as applying it to the facts. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Wrong on both counts |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. LOL. Unsourced opinion in support of multinational corporations from HamdenRice |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. No, I'm questioning your statements about law and other countries' subsidy policies |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Just pointing out that there are illegal subsidies, though these may not be. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Right, but what you've posted does not indicate that limiting C2C to American cars would be one. nt |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Zzz...obviously, the US government wishes to avoid a trade war |
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MoJoWorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I believe Canada also helped with the bailout for GM in Canada. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Japan and South Korea didn't. nt |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. You are right. Canada provided significant bailout assistance. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Capitalism Rules! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. 1350 down, |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. "THANK GOD IT PASSED" No, really. This has been textbook Keynes and it worked. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Your power of predicting the past is formidable. If you could only predict *the future* |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Uh, weren't you predicting a complete economic collapse? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Nope. I said we should let zombie banks fail, and the rest of us would survive. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's good new, though a pittance compared to what's been lost. |
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beaglelover (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. Good news for a change! Yeah! n/t |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Unless you're one of those freaks that likes clean air |
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