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Al Gore Speech at NYU | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

shitty management. It's not the engineering talent. Toyota stuck their neck out to invest in hybrids. Where was GM?

I say let GM and Ford go down. Enough bailouts. I'd rather spend the bailout money on the retirees pensions.

by HiD on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:15:04 AM EST
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I say "buyouts, not bailouts". If the American people want the banks, the airlines, the car manufacturers saved [or if the states where GM and Ford employ the most people want them saved for employment's sake], any government "bailout" money should actually go towards owning the company.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:26:22 AM EST
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agree (none / 0)

I feel the same way re farm subsidies. the money should be used to buy up all farming/development rights. And focus on the river/stream banks that we spend a fortune to keep from flooding. Let the riparian ecology come back.

by HiD on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:56:47 AM EST
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Employee pensions (none / 0)

I'd rather spend the bailout money on the retirees pensions.

For sure. These people earned it outright. Ford and GM are engaging in theft--breaking their contracts, reneging, and cheating. It is only a malign government and corrupt court system that allows them to do it.

The Fates are kind.

by Gaianne on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 07:36:35 PM EST
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